Install

Using Yarn:

yarn add use-reading-time

Using NPM:

npm install --save use-reading-time

Usage

import React, { useRef } from 'react'
import Post from './post'

import useReadingTime from 'use-reading-time'

const Example = () => {
  const post = useRef()
  const {readingTime, wordsCount} = useReadingTime(post)

  return (
    <div>
      {readingTime} min • {wordsCount} words

      // You'll need to use `forwardRef` in this case
      <Post ref={post} />
    </div>
  )
}

Options/Params

useReadingTime(reference, wordsPerMinute)

| Argument | Description | Type | Default | Required | | --------- | ----------- | ---- | ------- | -------- | reference | A React ref object | Object | – | Yes wordsPerMinute | Number of words we can read per minute | Number | 260 (Source) | No

License

MIT © diogomoretti