NAME¶
WWW::Shorten::TinyURL - Perl interface to tinyurl.com
SYNOPSIS¶
use WWW::Shorten::TinyURL;
use WWW::Shorten 'TinyURL';
$short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
$long_url = makealongerlink($short_url);
DESCRIPTION¶
A Perl interface to the web site tinyurl.com. TinyURL simply maintains a
database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.
Functions¶
makeashorterlink¶
The function "makeashorterlink" will call the TinyURL web site passing
it your long URL and will return the shorter TinyURL version.
makealongerlink¶
The function "makealongerlink" does the reverse.
"makealongerlink" will accept as an argument either the full TinyURL
URL or just the TinyURL identifier.
If anything goes wrong, then either function will return "undef".
EXPORT¶
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink
SUPPORT, LICENCE, THANKS and SUCH¶
See the main WWW::Shorten docs.
AUTHOR¶
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>
SEE ALSO¶
WWW::Shorten, perl, <
http://tinyurl.com/>