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= ShortURL 0.8.4
== Summary
ShortURL is a very simple library to use URL shortening services such as
RubyURL, urlTea, and TinyURL.
== Installation
ShortURL is available as a gem, installation is just like any other gem:
<tt>$ gem install shorturl</tt>
You can also download the tar.bz2 archive at
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=732 if you do not want to use the gem.
== Supported services
Here is the list of the services supported by ShortURL:
* http://rubyurl.com
* http://tinyurl.com
* http://shorl.com
* http://metamark.net
* http://shorterlink.com
* http://ln-s.net
* http://fyad.org
* http://d62.net
* http://shiturl.com
* http://shortify.com
* http://moourl.com
* http://is.gd
== Usage:
call-seq:
require "shorturl"
puts ShortURL.shorten("http://mypage.com")
puts ShortURL.shorten("http://mypage.com", :moourl)
The second parameter represents the service you want to use. These are:
* <tt>:rubyurl</tt>
* <tt>:tinyurl</tt>
* <tt>:shorl</tt>
* <tt>:metamark</tt>
* <tt>:shorterlink</tt>
* <tt>:lns</tt>
* <tt>:fyad</tt>
* <tt>:d62</tt>
* <tt>:shiturl</tt>
* <tt>:shortify</tt>
* <tt>:isgd</tt>
You can use <tt>ShortURL.valid_services</tt> to obtain a
list of the valid services (in case I forget to update the
documentation)
== Thanks
- Marcel Molina Jr., Devin Mullins for some ideas
- imperator from #ruby-lang (I don't know your real name, sorry) for
helping me with creating and uploading a RubyGem
- Daniel Dipaolo for telling me about ln-s.net and fyad.org
== Authors
- Vincent Foley (original developer)
- Robby Russell <robbyrussell@gmail.com>