NAME WWW::Shorten::Yourls - Interface to shortening URLs using http://yourls.org SYNOPSIS The traditional way, using the WWW::Shorten interface: use strict; use warnings; use WWW::Shorten::Yourls; # use WWW::Shorten 'Yourls'; # or, this way # if you have a config file with your credentials: my $short_url = makeashorterlink('http://www.foo.com/some/long/url'); my $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url); # otherwise my $short = makeashorterlink('http://www.foo.com/some/long/url', { username => 'username', password => 'password', server => 'https://yourls.org/yourls-api.php', ... }); Or, the Object-Oriented way: use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; use Try::Tiny qw(try catch); use WWW::Shorten::Yourls; my $yourls = WWW::Shorten::Yourls->new( username => 'username', password => 'password', signature => 'adflkdga234252lgka', server => 'https://yourls.org/yourls-api.php', # default ); try { my $res = $yourls->shorten(longUrl => 'http://google.com/'); say Dumper $res; # { # message => "http://google.com/ added to database", # shorturl => "https://yourls.org/4", # status => "success", # statusCode => 200, # title => "Google", # url => { # date => "2017-02-08 02:34:37", # ip => "192.168.0.1", # keyword => 4, # title => "Google", # url => "http://google.com/" # } # } } catch { die("Oh, no! $_"); }; DESCRIPTION A Perl interface to the Yourls.org API . You can either use the traditional (non-OO) interface provided by WWW::Shorten. Or, you can use the OO interface that provides you with more functionality. FUNCTIONS In the non-OO form, WWW::Shorten::Yourls makes the following functions available. makeashorterlink my $short_url = makeashorterlink('https://some_long_link.com'); # OR my $short_url = makeashorterlink('https://some_long_link.com', { username => 'foo', password => 'bar', # any other attribute can be set as well. }); The function makeashorterlink will call the Yourls Server web site, passing it your long URL and will return the shorter version. http://yourls.org requires the use of a user account to shorten links. makealongerlink my $long_url = makealongerlink('http://yourls.org/22'); # OR my $long_url = makealongerlink('http://yourls.org/22', { username => 'foo', password => 'bar', # any other attribute can be set as well. }); The function makealongerlink does the reverse. makealongerlink will accept as an argument either the full URL or just the identifier. If anything goes wrong, either function will die. ATTRIBUTES In the OO form, each WWW::Shorten::Yourls instance makes the following attributes available. password my $password = $yourls->password; $yourls = $yourls->password('some_secret'); # method chaining Gets or sets the password. This is used along with the "username" in WWW::Shorten::Yourls attribute. Credentials are sent to the server upon each and every request. server my $server = $yourls->server; $yourls = $yourls->server( URI->new('https://yourls.org/yourls-api.php') ); # method chaining Gets or sets the server. This is full and absolute path to the server and yourls-api.php endpoint. signature my $signature = $yourls->signature; $signature = $yourls->signature('abcdef123'); # method chaining Gets or sets the signature. If the signature attribute is set, the "userna,e" in WWW::Shorten::Yourls and "password" in WWW::Shorten::Yourls attributes are ignored on each request and instead the signature is sent. See the Password-less API documentation for more details. username my $username = $yourls->username; $yourls = $yourls->username('my_username'); # method chaining Gets or sets the username. This is used along with the "password" in WWW::Shorten::Yourls attribute. Credentials are sent to the server upon each and every request. METHODS In the OO form, WWW::Shorten::Yourls makes the following methods available. new my $yourls = WWW::Shorten::Yourls->new( username => 'username', password => 'password', signature => 'adflkdga234252lgka', server => 'https://yourls.org/yourls-api.php', # default ); The constructor can take any of the attributes above as parameters. Any or all of the attributes can be set in your configuration file. If you have a configuration file and you pass parameters to new, the parameters passed in will take precedence. clicks my $clicks = $yourls->clicks(shorturl => "https://yourls.org/5"); say Dumper $clicks; # { # link => { # clicks => 0, # ip => "192.168.0.1", # shorturl => "http://yourls.org/5", # timestamp => "2017-02-08 02:37:24", # title => "Google", # url => "http://www.google.com" # }, # message => "success", # statusCode => 200 # } Get the url-stats or number of clicks for a given URL made shorter using the Yourls API . Returns a hash reference or dies. Make use of Try::Tiny. expand my $long = $yourls->expand(shorturl => "https://yourls.org/5"); say $long->{longurl}; # http://www.google.com say Dumper $long; # { # keyword => 4, # longurl => "http://www.google.com", # message => "success", # shorturl => "http://jupiter/yourls/5", # statusCode => 200, # title => "Google" # } Expand a URL using the Yourls API . Returns a hash reference or dies. Make use of Try::Tiny. shorten my $short = $yourls->shorten( url => "http://google.com/", # required. ); say $short->{shorturl}; # https://yourls.org/4 say Dumper $short; # { # message => "http://google.com/ added to database", # shorturl => "https://yourls.org/4", # status => "success", # statusCode => 200, # title => "Google", # url => { # date => "2017-02-08 02:34:37", # ip => "192.168.0.1", # keyword => 4, # title => "Google", # url => "http://google.com/" # } # } Shorten a URL using the Yourls API . Returns a hash reference or dies. Make use of Try::Tiny. CONFIG FILES $HOME/.yourls or _yourls on Windows Systems. You may omit username and password in the constructor if you set them in the .yourls config file on separate lines using the syntax: username=username password=password server=https://yourls.org/yourls-api.php signature=foobarbaz123 Set any or all "ATTRIBUTES" in WWW::Shorten::Yourls in your config file in your home directory. Each key=val setting should be on its own line. If any parameters are then passed to the "new" in WWW::Shorten::Yourls constructor, those parameter values will take precedence over these. AUTHOR Pankaj Jain, CONTRIBUTORS * Chase Whitener * Michiel Beijen LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2009 Pankaj Jain, All Rights Reserved http://blog.linosx.com. Copyright (c) 2009 Teknatus Solutions LLC, All Rights Reserved http://www.teknatus.com. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.