NAME
WWW::Shorten::MakeAShorterLink - Perl interface to makeashorterlink.com
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Shorten::MakeAShorterLink;
use WWW::Shorten 'MakeAShorterLink';
$short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
$long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
DESCRIPTION
A Perl interface to the web site makeashorterlink.com (MASL to its friends). MASL simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
The function makeashorterlink
will call the MASL web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter MASL version.
The function makealongerlink
does the reverse. makealongerlink
will accept as an argument either the full MASL URL or just the MASL identifier.
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef
.
For more information, see WWW::Shorten.
EXPORT
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
AUTHOR
Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk> Subtle modifications by Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org> Original LWP hacking by Alex Page <grimoire@corinne.cpio.org> makealongerlink
idea by Simon Batistoni <simon@hitherto.net>