Reading time for Sanity portable text contents
May 4, 2023Arkar Kaung Myat
Sanity
Generate a reading time from sanity portable text
*[
_type == "articles"
]{
title,
"numberOfCharacters": length(pt::text(body)),
// assumes 5 characters as mean word length
// https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/22520/how-long-does-it-take-to-read-x-number-of-characters
"estimatedWordCount": round(length(pt::text(body)) / 5),
// Words per minute: 180
"estimatedReadingTime": round(length(pt::text(body)) / 5 / 180 )
}