reading-time-emoji

Format article reading time into emoji

Install

npm install reading-time-emoji

Usage

const formatReadingTime = require('reading-time-emoji');
 
formatReadingTime(10);
//=> ☕☕ 10 min read
 
formatReadingTime(50);
//=> 🍱🍱🍱🍱🍱 50 min read
 
formatReadingTime(10, { short: '🍰', long: '🎂' });
//=> 🍰🍰 10 min read
 
formatReadingTime(50, { short: '🍰', long: '🎂' });
//=> 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 50 min read
 

API

formatReadingTime(minutes, [options])

Format article reading time into emoji.

minutes

Type: number

Accepts an article's reading time in minutes.

options

Type: object

Default: { short: '☕', long: '🍱', base: 5 }

short

Type: string

Default: '☕'

Represents a unit of emoji equivalent to 5 minutes of reading time.

'☕' emoji = 5 minutes

long

Type: string

Default: '🍱'

For long articles with reading time greater than base(Default: 5) units of emoji, long unit of emoji is equivalent to 10 minutes of reading time.

'🍱' emoji = 10 minutes

base

Type: number

Default: 5

A default base value for a unit of emoji.

Inspiration

Heavily inspired by Dan Abramov's Overreacted blog articles reading time format.

License

MIT © Dutiyesh Salunkhe