Textpattern plugin: ajw_keyword_extract

14 March 2006 @ early evening | Comments (0)

Summary

This plugin utilizes Yahoo!’s Term Extraction API to generate a list of keywords based on the content of an article. More than anything this plugin is just a proof-of-concept, but there is a chance that someone might find it useful for quickly generating a list of meta keywords or technorati terms.

Requires Textpattern v4.0.4

Installation & setup

Download, install, and activate this plugin. When editing a saved article, this plugin will automatically add an “Extract Keywords” button below the article excerpt textarea. Clicking the button will automagically replace it with a list of keywords relative to your article.

How it works

By using JSON and Yahoo!’s Term Extraction API in combination with a little bit of simple DOM trickery, the contents of the most recent saved version of your article will be invisibly passed through Yahoo!’s term extraction service. The response it receives back will be parsed and displayed in place of the form elements.

“So is this Ajax?,” you might ask. Nope. Just an incredibly handy bit of simple DOM scripting.