TLDR This - Article Summarizer

A simple web application that summarizes articles and URLs into 1-3 sentence summaries using OpenAI's API.

• Simple Interface: Clean textarea for pasting URLs or article text
• Smart Summarization: Uses OpenAI API to generate concise 1-3 sentence summaries
• URL Support: Automatically fetches and summarizes content from URLs
• Error Handling: Graceful handling of invalid URLs, API failures, and other errors
• Responsive Design: Works well on desktop and mobile devices

├── backend/
│   ├── index.ts           # Main Hono server with API routes
│   └── README.md          # Backend documentation
├── frontend/
│   ├── index.html         # Main HTML template
│   ├── index.tsx          # React frontend application
│   ├── components/
│   │   └── App.tsx        # Main app component
│   └── README.md          # Frontend documentation
├── shared/
│   ├── types.ts           # Shared TypeScript types
│   └── README.md          # Shared utilities documentation
└── README.md              # This file

1. Environment Variables: Set up your OpenAI API key in Val Town environment variables:

   • Go to your Val Town settings
   • Add environment variable: OPENAI_API_KEY with your OpenAI API key

2. Deploy: The app will automatically deploy when you save the files in Val Town

3. Access: Your app will be available at your Val Town HTTP endpoint

• GET / - Serves the main application
• POST /api/summarize - Summarizes text or URL content
• GET /frontend/* - Serves frontend assets
• GET /shared/* - Serves shared utilities

1. Open the application in your browser
2. Paste either:
   • A URL to an article you want summarized
   • The full text of an article
3. Click "Summarize" button
4. View the 1-3 sentence summary generated by AI

The app handles various error scenarios:

• Invalid or unreachable URLs
• OpenAI API failures or rate limits
• Network connectivity issues
• Malformed input data