readable-proxy

Proxy server to retrieve a readable version of any provided url, powered by Node, PhantomJS and Readability.js.

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/n1k0/readable-proxy
$ cd readable-proxy
$ npm install

Run

Starts server on localhost:3000:

$ npm start

Note about CORS: by design, the server will allow any origin to access it, so browsers can consume it from pages hosted on a different domain.

Usage

$ curl http://0.0.0.0:3000/get\?url\=https://nicolas.perriault.net/code/2013/get-your-frontend-javascript-code-covered/
{
  "byline":"Nicolas Perriault —",
  "content":"<div id=\"readability-page-1\" class=\"page\"><section class=\"\">\n<p><strong>So finally you're…",
  "length":3851,
  "title":"Get your Frontend JavaScript Code Covered | Code",
  "uri":"https://nicolas.perriault.net/code/2013/get-your-frontend-javascript-code-covered/"
}

License

MPL 2.0.