LongURL

DESCRIPTION

LongURL expands short urls (tinyurl, is.gd, …) to original ones, using on LongURL.org, internal resolution or direct resolution First, expand will try to expand url using longurl.org service. Then, it will try to direct follow redirections on the given url and returns final one.

SYNOPSIS

Options

  • :cache : cache object to use, must implement [] and []= functions.

Types

url is expected to be a String and returns a String with the url.

Examples

# simple expands
LongURL.expand("http://tinyurl.com/1c2")                              # => "http://www.google.com"
LongURL.expand("http://tinyurl.com/blnhsg")                           # => "http://www.google.com/search?q=number+of+horns+on+a+unicorn&ie=UTF-8"
LongURL.expand("http://is.gd/iUKg")                                   # => "http://fabien.jakimowicz.com"

# not expandable urls, without any http call
LongURL.expand("http://www.linuxfr.org")                              # => "http://www.linuxfr.org"

# Use MemCache LongURL.expand(“is.gd/iUKg”, :cache => MemCache.new(“localhost:11211”, :namespace => “LongURL”)) # => “fabien.jakimowicz.com” # Expander class expander = LongURL::Expander.new expander.expand(“tinyurl.com/1c2”) # => “www.google.com”

# not expandable urls, direct resolution only
expander.direct_resolution("http://www.linuxfr.org")                  # => "http://www.linuxfr.org/pub"
# not expandable urls, calling longurl.org only
expander.expand_with_service_only("http://www.linuxfr.org")           # => "http://www.linuxfr.org/pub"

# … with MemCache expander = LongURL::Expander.new(:cache => MemCache.new(“localhost:11211”, :namespace => “LongURL”)) expander.expand(“tinyurl.com/1c2”) # => “www.google.com”

Exceptions

  • LongURL::InvalidURL : will occurs if given url is nil, empty or invalid

  • LongURL::NetworkError : a network (timeout, host could be reached, …) error occurs

  • LongURL::UnknownError : an unknown error occurs

REQUIREMENTS

  • json gem

INSTALL

gem install longurl

LICENSE

(The MIT License)

Copyright © 2009, Fabien Jakimowicz <[email protected]>

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