WWW::Shorten::Shorl - Perl interface to shorl.com
use WWW::Shorten::Shorl; use WWW::Shorten 'Shorl'; $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url); ($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url); $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
A Perl interface to the web site shorl.com. Shorl simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
The function makeashorterlink will call the Shorl web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter Shorl version. If used in a list context, then it will return both the Shorl URL and the password.
makeashorterlink
Note that Shorl, unlike TinyURL and MakeAShorterLink, returns a unique code for every submission.
The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full Shorl URL or just the Shorl identifier.
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>
Based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk>
WWW::Shorten, perl, http://shorl.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.