NAME
WWW::Shorten::BabyURL - Perl interface to BabyURL.com
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Shorten 'BabyURL';
$short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
$long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
$long_url = makealongerlink($nickname);DESCRIPTION
A Perl interface to the web site BabyURL.com. BabyURL.com simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
Functions
makeashorterlink
The function makeashorterlink will call the BabyURL.com web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter (BabyURL) version.
Multiple submissions of the same URL will result in the same code being returned.
makealongerlink
The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full BabyURL URL or just the BabyURL identifier/nickname.
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef.
EXPORT
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
SUPPORT, LICENCE, THANKS and SUCH
See the main WWW::Shorten docs.
AUTHOR
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>