NAME
WWW::Shorten::Shorl - Perl interface to http://shorl.com
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Shorten 'Shorl'; # recommended
# use WWW::Shorten::Shorl; # also available
my $long_url = 'http://www.foo.com/bar/';
my $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
my ($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url);
$long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);DESCRIPTION
WARNING: http://shorl.com does not provide an API. We must scrape the resulting HTML.
* Also, they prevent multiple usages of their service within a changing time frame. Due to this, all live tests against this service have been skipped.
* You have been warned. We suggest using another WWW::Shorten service.
A Perl interface to the web site http://shorl.com. That service simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
Functions
WWW::Shorten::Shorl makes the following functions available.
makeashorterlink
my $short = try { makeashorterlink('http://www.example.com') } catch { warn $_ };The function makeashorterlink will call use the web service, passing it your long URL and will return the shorter version. If used in a list context, then it will return both the shorter URL and the password.
Note that this service, unlike others, returns a unique code for every submission.
makealongerlink
my $long = try { makealongerlink('abc11234234adfagv') } catch { warn $_ };The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full short URL or just the service's identifier.
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef.
AUTHOR
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTORS
Chase Whitener
capoeirab@cpan.org-- current maintainerDave Cross
dave@perlhacks.com
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
See the main WWW::Shorten docs.