WWW::Shorten::BabyURL - Perl interface to BabyURL.com
use WWW::Shorten 'BabyURL'; $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url); $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url); $long_url = makealongerlink($nickname);
A Perl interface to the web site BabyURL.com. BabyURL.com simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
The function makeashorterlink will call the BabyURL.com web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter (BabyURL) version.
makeashorterlink
Multiple submissions of the same URL will result in the same code being returned.
The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full BabyURL URL or just the BabyURL identifier/nickname.
makealongerlink
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef.
undef
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
See the main WWW::Shorten docs.
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>
WWW::Shorten, perl, http://BabyURL.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.