WWW::Shorten::MakeAShorterLink - Perl interface to makeashorterlink.com
use WWW::Shorten::MakeAShorterLink; use WWW::Shorten 'MakeAShorterLink'; $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url); $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
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.
makeashorterlink
The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full MASL URL or just the MASL identifier.
makealongerlink
If the URL to be shortened is already as short, or shorter, than how MASL would make it, then the URL you gave is returned. If anything else goes wrong, then either function will return undef.
undef
For more information, see WWW::Shorten.
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
See the main WWW::Shorten docs.
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>
WWW::Shorten, perl, http://makeashorterlink.com/
To install WWW::Shorten, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Shorten
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Shorten
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.