Module: UrlShortener

Defined in:
lib/auth/url_shortener.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.shorten(longUrl = nil) ⇒ Object

return shortened url. raises exception if no longurl provided.

Raises:

  • (Exception) 


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# File 'lib/auth/url_shortener.rb', line 9

def self.shorten(longUrl=nil)
	raise Exception.new("long url not provided") if longUrl.nil?
	body = {:longUrl => longUrl}.to_json
	request = Typhoeus::Request.new(
	  url_shortener_endpoint,
	  method: :post,
	  params: 
	  { 
	  	key: Auth.configuration.third_party_api_keys[:google_url_shortener_api_key]	
	  },
	  body: body,
	  headers: { 
	  'Accept' => "application/json",
	  'Content-Type' => "application/json"
	  }
	)
	response = request.run
	JSON.parse(response.body)["id"] if response.success?	
	
end

.url_shortener_endpoint ⇒ Object

return shortened url OR nil if exception is encountered.



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# File 'lib/auth/url_shortener.rb', line 3

def self.url_shortener_endpoint
	"https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url"
end