WWW::Shorten::LYTN - Perl interface to LYTN
use WWW::Shorten::LYTN; use WWW::Shorten 'LYTN'; $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
A Perl interface to the web site lytn.it. lytn simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier. lytn.it will also track how many hits a URL recieves, but this feature is currently unavailable.
The function makeashorterlink will call the lytn web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter lytn version.
makeashorterlink
Aaron Blakley <aaron@cpan.org>
WWW::Shorten, perl, http://lytn.it/
To install WWW::Shorten::LYTN, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Shorten::LYTN
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Shorten::LYTN
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.