NAME
WWW::Shorten::Metamark - Perl interface to metamark.net
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Shorten::Metamark;
use WWW::Shorten 'Metamark';
$short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
$long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
DESCRIPTION
A Perl interface to the web site metamark.net. Metamark simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
The function makeashorterlink
will call the Metamark web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter Metamark version.
The function makealongerlink
does the reverse. makealongerlink
will accept as an argument either the full Metamark URL or just the Metamark identifier.
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef
.
EXPORT
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
BUGS, REQUESTS, COMMENTS
Please report any requests, suggestions or bugs via the system at http://rt.cpan.org/, or email <bug-WWW-Shorten@rt.cpan.org>. This makes it much easier for me to track things and thus means your problem is less likely to be neglected.
THANKS
Ask Bjoern Hansen for providing both Metamark.net and advice on the module.
AUTHOR
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>
Based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk>