NAME
WWW::Shorten::SnipURL - 
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Shorten 'SnipURL'; # recommended
# use WWW::Shorten::SnipURL; # also available
my $long_url = 'http://www.foo.com/bar/';
my $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
$long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
DESCRIPTION
WARNING: http://shorl.com does not provide an API. We must scrape the resulting HTML.
- Also, their service has been up and down quite a bit lately. We have disabled live tests due to this.
- You have been warned. We suggest using another WWW::Shorten service.
A Perl interface to the web service http://SnipURL.com. The service maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier or nickname. For more features, please visit http://snipurl.com/features.
Functions
WWW::Shorten::SnipURL makes the following functions available.
makeashorterlink
my $short = makeashorterlink('http://www.example.com/');
The function makeashorterlink will call use the web service, passing it
your long URL and will return the shorter version.
makealongerlink
my $long = makealongerlink('ablkjadf2314sfd');
my $long = makealongerlink('http://snipurl.com/ablkjadf2314sfd');
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.
AUTHOR
Shashank Tripathi shank@shank.com
CONTRIBUTORS
- Chase Whitener capoeirab@cpan.org
- Dave Cross dave@perlhacks.com
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
See the main WWW::Shorten docs.