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URL Word Count & Reading Time
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URL Word Count & Reading Time is a paid API for AI agents from api.24klabs.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Fetches a webpage, strips boilerplate, and returns word count, character count, and estimated reading time.
Price / call$0.002
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Fetch a page, strip boilerplate, and return word count, character count, and reading time.
Output
Returns the word count (number of words after stripping boilerplate), character count, and estimated reading time (typically in minutes) for the main content of the fetched page.
Example use cases
Blog post readability check
“Can you fetch https://www.myblog.com/post/ultimate-guide-to-coffee and tell me the word count and how long it would take to read?”
Content audit for editorial team
“I need to know the word count and reading time for this article at https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/ai-trends — can you pull that for me?”
Newsletter length estimation
“Before I send out my newsletter, can you check the word count and reading time of the draft I published at https://newsletter.example.com/issues/42?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://api.24klabs.ai/api/url-word-countWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need quick, reliable word count and reading time metrics for a given URL without setting up a full scraper. It is ideal for content audits, editorial workflows, readability assessments, and any scenario where you need boilerplate-free text statistics from a public webpage.
Side effects
- Invalid or unreachable URL returns an error
- Paywalled or login-required pages may return minimal or no content
- Pages with heavy JavaScript rendering may not yield full text
- Extremely large pages may time out
- Non-HTML content (PDFs, images) may not be processable
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"words": 28
}
}Tags
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