NAME
WWW::Shorten::NotLong - Perl interface to notlong.com
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Shorten 'NotLong';
$short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
$short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url, nickname => $nickname);
($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url);
($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url, nickname => $nickname);
$long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
$long_url = makealongerlink($nickname);DESCRIPTION
A Perl interface to the web site notlong.com. Notlong.com simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
The function makeashorterlink will call the notlong.com web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter (notlong) version. If used in a list context, then it will return both the notlong URL and the password.
If you pass a nickname, the notlong service will use your provided (alpha-numeric) string as the unique identifier, provided that it has not already been assigned previously.
The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full notlong URL or just the notlong identifier/nickname.
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef.
Note that notlong.com, unlike TinyURL and MakeAShorterLink, returns a unique code for every submission.
EXPORT
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
BUGS
Please report bugs at <bug-www-shorten@rt.cpan.org> or via the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org
AUTHOR
Eric Hammond <ehammond@thinksome.com>
Based almost entirely on WWW::Shorten::Shorl by Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org> which was based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk>