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ShortURL 1.0.0¶ ↑

Summary¶ ↑

ShortURL is a very simple library to use URL shortening services.

Installation¶ ↑

ShortURL is available as a gem, installation is just like any other gem: $ gem install shorturl

You can also download the tar.bz2 archive at rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=732 if you do not want to use the gem.

Supported services¶ ↑

Here is the list of the services supported by ShortURL:

tinyurl.com
shorl.com
snipurl.com
metamark.net
makeashorterlink.com
skinnylink.com
linktrim.com
shorterlink.com
minilink.org
ln-s.net
fyad.org
d62.net
littlink.com
clipurl.com
0rz.net
moourl.com
urltea.com
vurl.me
bit.ly
is.gd
git.io
va.mu

Usage:¶ ↑

call-seq:

require "shorturl"
puts ShortURL.shorten("http://mypage.com")
puts ShortURL.shorten("http://mypage.com", :moourl)

The second parameter represents the service you want to use. These are:

:tinyurl
:shorl
:snipurl
:metamark
:makeashorterlink
:skinnylink
:linktrim
:shorterlink
:minlink
:lns
:fyad
:d62
:littlink
:clipurl
:orz
:moourl
:urltea
:vurl
:bitly**

You can use ShortURL.valid_services to obtain a list of the valid services (in case I forget to update the documentation)

Bitly**

Their API changed to require an API key.

Two painfree steps to fix this.

1) Get yours easily right now from:

http://bitly.com/a/your_api_key

2) Save it in ~/.shorturl similar to this YAML template:

— Start of file ~/.shorturl —

---
bitly:
  username: O_adsfasdfasfasfd
  key: R_afasdfasdfasdf

— END of file ~/.shorturl —

You're done!  Have a martini.  Cheers.

Thanks¶ ↑

Marcel Molina Jr., Devin Mullins for some ideas
imperator from #ruby-lang (I don’t know your real name, sorry) for helping me with creating and uploading a RubyGem
Daniel Dipaolo for telling me about ln-s.net and fyad.org