NAME
WWW::Shorten::IsGd - Shorten URLs using https://is.gd
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Shorten::IsGd;
# use WWW::Shorten 'IsGd'; # or, this way
my $short_url = makeashorterlink('http://www.foo.com/some/long/url');
my $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
DESCRIPTION
A Perl interface to the web site https://is.gd/. 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://is.gd 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
.
AUTHOR
Mike Doherty <doherty@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTORS
Chase Whitener <capoeirab@cpan.org>
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2011 by Mike Doherty <doherty@cpan.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.