Summarize a file with freesummarizer.com

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Summarize a long file
# Uses the wonderful freesummarizer.com API
# Implemented by Daniel Ethridge

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

# Get the text to summarize
if ARGV[0].nil?
  print "Input a long passage > "
  text = gets
else
  text = File.read( ARGV[0] )
end

# Get the max number of output sentences
if ARGV[1].nil?
  print "How many sentences? > "
  sentences = gets
else
  sentences = ARGV[1]
end

params = { "text" => text, "maxtopwords" => 40, "maxsentences" => sentences, "email" => "your@email.com", "submit" => "Summarize Now!" }

uri = URI("http://freesummarizer.com")

body = Net::HTTP.post_form(uri, params).body

summary = body.match( /<h2>Here is the summary:<\/h2><p.+;'>([\s\S]*)<\/p><iframe/ ).captures[0]

# Replace <br> tags with a newline
summary.gsub!( "<br>", "\n" )

puts summary