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Readability stats for passed text using ipeirotis.appspot.com
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Uses the Readability Metrics API from http://ipeirotis.appspot.com/readability-api.html
# Accepts text from STDIN (piped) or as an argument
=begin examples
pbpaste|text_score.rb # copy text and run (on OS X) to get the stats for the clipboard.
cat myfile.md|text_score.rb # get scores for the contents of a file
=end
require 'open-uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
input = STDIN.stat.size > 0 ? STDIN.read : ARGV.join
res = Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse("http://ipeirotis.appspot.com/readability/GetReadabilityScores"),{'format'=>'json', 'text'=>input})
if res.code.to_i == 200
json = JSON.parse(res.body)
puts "Characters: " + json['characters'].to_s
puts "Words: " + json['words'].to_s
puts "Sentences: " + json['sentences'].to_s
puts "Syllables: " + json['syllables'].to_s
puts "Complex words: " + json['complexwords'].to_s
puts "Gunning-Fog: " + json['gunningfog'].to_s
puts "ARI: " + json['ari'].to_s
puts "Coleman Liau: " + json['colemanliau'].to_s
puts "Flesch Kincaid: " + json['fleschkincaid'].to_s
puts "Flesch Reading: " + json['fleschreading'].to_s
puts "Smog: " + json['smog'].to_s
puts "Smog Index: " + json['smogindex'].to_s
else
puts "Error: " + res.code
end
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