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Readability Score is a simple tool for calculating the readability score of text. It returns the readability score based on various readability formulas.

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Text Readability Score API

Readability Score is a simple tool for calculating the readability score of text. It returns the readability score based on various readability formulas.

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This is a Python API Wrapper for the Text Readability Score API


Installation

Using pip:

pip install apiverve-textreadabilityscore

Using pip3:

pip3 install apiverve-textreadabilityscore

Configuration

Before using the readabilityscore API client, you have to setup your account and obtain your API Key. You can get it by signing up at https://apiverve.com


Quick Start

Here's a simple example to get you started quickly:

from apiverve_textreadabilityscore.apiClient import ReadabilityscoreAPIClient

# Initialize the client with your APIVerve API key
api = ReadabilityscoreAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

query = { "text": "Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon and planets, which are analysed by their movement through signs of the zodiac (twelve spatial divisions of the ecliptic) and by their aspects (based on geometric angles) relative to one another." }

try:
    # Make the API call
    result = api.execute(query)

    # Print the result
    print(result)
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

Usage

The Text Readability Score API documentation is found here: https://docs.apiverve.com/ref/readabilityscore. You can find parameters, example responses, and status codes documented here.

Setup

# Import the client module
from apiverve_textreadabilityscore.apiClient import ReadabilityscoreAPIClient

# Initialize the client with your APIVerve API key
api = ReadabilityscoreAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

Perform Request

Using the API client, you can perform requests to the API.

Define Query
query = { "text": "Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon and planets, which are analysed by their movement through signs of the zodiac (twelve spatial divisions of the ecliptic) and by their aspects (based on geometric angles) relative to one another." }
Simple Request
# Make a request to the API
result = api.execute(query)

# Print the result
print(result)
Example Response
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "textCounts": {
      "syllableCount": 82,
      "lexiconCount": 49,
      "sentenceCount": 1
    },
    "readability": {
      "fleschReadingEase": 13.28,
      "fleschKincaidGrade": 23.6,
      "gunningFog": 26.95,
      "colemanLiauIndex": 13.19,
      "smogIndex": 22.08,
      "automatedReadabilityIndex": 27.8,
      "daleChallReadabilityScore": 17
    },
    "readabilityText": {
      "fleschReadingEase": "very confusing",
      "daleChallReadabilityScore": "average 13th to 15th-grade (college) student"
    }
  }
}

Error Handling

The API client provides comprehensive error handling through the ReadabilityscoreAPIClientError exception. Here are some examples:

Basic Error Handling

from apiverve_textreadabilityscore.apiClient import ReadabilityscoreAPIClient, ReadabilityscoreAPIClientError

api = ReadabilityscoreAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

query = { "text": "Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon and planets, which are analysed by their movement through signs of the zodiac (twelve spatial divisions of the ecliptic) and by their aspects (based on geometric angles) relative to one another." }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)
    print("Success!")
    print(result)
except ReadabilityscoreAPIClientError as e:
    print(f"API Error: {e.message}")
    if e.status_code:
        print(f"Status Code: {e.status_code}")
    if e.response:
        print(f"Response: {e.response}")

Handling Specific Error Types

from apiverve_textreadabilityscore.apiClient import ReadabilityscoreAPIClient, ReadabilityscoreAPIClientError

api = ReadabilityscoreAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

query = { "text": "Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon and planets, which are analysed by their movement through signs of the zodiac (twelve spatial divisions of the ecliptic) and by their aspects (based on geometric angles) relative to one another." }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)

    # Check for successful response
    if result.get('status') == 'success':
        print("Request successful!")
        print(result.get('data'))
    else:
        print(f"API returned an error: {result.get('error')}")

except ReadabilityscoreAPIClientError as e:
    # Handle API client errors
    if e.status_code == 401:
        print("Unauthorized: Invalid API key")
    elif e.status_code == 429:
        print("Rate limit exceeded")
    elif e.status_code >= 500:
        print("Server error - please try again later")
    else:
        print(f"API error: {e.message}")
except Exception as e:
    # Handle unexpected errors
    print(f"Unexpected error: {str(e)}")

Using Context Manager (Recommended)

The client supports the context manager protocol for automatic resource cleanup:

from apiverve_textreadabilityscore.apiClient import ReadabilityscoreAPIClient, ReadabilityscoreAPIClientError

query = { "text": "Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon and planets, which are analysed by their movement through signs of the zodiac (twelve spatial divisions of the ecliptic) and by their aspects (based on geometric angles) relative to one another." }

# Using context manager ensures proper cleanup
with ReadabilityscoreAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]") as api:
    try:
        result = api.execute(query)
        print(result)
    except ReadabilityscoreAPIClientError as e:
        print(f"Error: {e.message}")
# Session is automatically closed here

Advanced Features

Debug Mode

Enable debug logging to see detailed request and response information:

from apiverve_textreadabilityscore.apiClient import ReadabilityscoreAPIClient

# Enable debug mode
api = ReadabilityscoreAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]", debug=True)

query = { "text": "Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon and planets, which are analysed by their movement through signs of the zodiac (twelve spatial divisions of the ecliptic) and by their aspects (based on geometric angles) relative to one another." }

# Debug information will be printed to console
result = api.execute(query)

Manual Session Management

If you need to manually manage the session lifecycle:

from apiverve_textreadabilityscore.apiClient import ReadabilityscoreAPIClient

api = ReadabilityscoreAPIClient("[YOUR_API_KEY]")

query = { "text": "Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon and planets, which are analysed by their movement through signs of the zodiac (twelve spatial divisions of the ecliptic) and by their aspects (based on geometric angles) relative to one another." }

try:
    result = api.execute(query)
    print(result)
finally:
    # Manually close the session when done
    api.close()

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