WWW::Shorten::Metamark - Perl interface to metamark.net
use WWW::Shorten::Metamark; use WWW::Shorten 'Metamark'; $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url); $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
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.
makeashorterlink
The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full Metamark URL or just the Metamark identifier.
makealongerlink
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef.
undef
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
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.
Ask Bjoern Hansen for providing both Metamark.net and advice on the module.
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>
Based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk>
WWW::Shorten, perl, http://metamark.net/
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.