WWW::Shorten::NotLong - Perl interface to notlong.com
use WWW::Shorten 'NotLong'; $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url); $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url, nickname => $nickname); ($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url); ($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url, nickname => $nickname); $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url); $long_url = makealongerlink($nickname);
A Perl interface to the web site notlong.com. Notlong.com simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
The function makeashorterlink will call the notlong.com web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter (notlong) version. If used in a list context, then it will return both the notlong URL and the password.
makeashorterlink
If you pass a nickname, the notlong service will use your provided (alpha-numeric) string as the unique identifier, provided that it has not already been assigned previously.
The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full notlong URL or just the notlong identifier/nickname.
makealongerlink
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return undef.
undef
Note that notlong.com, unlike TinyURL and MakeAShorterLink, returns a unique code for every submission.
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.
Eric Hammond <ehammond@thinksome.com>
Based almost entirely on WWW::Shorten::Shorl by Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org> which was based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk>
WWW::Shorten, perl, http://notlong.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.