NAME
WWW::Shorten::TinyURL - Perl interface to https://tinyurl.com
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Shorten::TinyURL;
use WWW::Shorten 'TinyURL';
my $short_url = makeashorterlink('https://www.foo.com/some/long/url');
my $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
DESCRIPTION
A Perl interface to the web site https://tinyurl.com. The service simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
Functions
makeashorterlink
The function makeashorterlink
will call the https://TinyURL.com web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter version.
makealongerlink
The function makealongerlink
does the reverse. makealongerlink
will accept as an argument either the full URL or just the identifier.
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef
.
EXPORT
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
SUPPORT, LICENSE, THANKS and SUCH
See the main WWW::Shorten docs.
AUTHOR
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>