GoogleAPIUrlShortener

Goo.gl Url Shotener implemented by Google API. Initialize Shortener with API key to avoid reaching request limits accessed by anonymous request.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'google_api_url_shortener'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install google_api_url_shortener

Usage

First, register a Google project and get API key with urlshortener API.

google_shortener = GoogleAPIUrlShortener.new(GOOGLE_API_KEY)
google_shortener.shorten("https://github.com/hrs113355/google_api_url_shortener")

=> "https://goo.gl/LJbyHv"

google_shortener.expand("https://goo.gl/LJbyHv") # protocol is required

=> "https://github.com/hrs113355/google_api_url_shortener"

Changes

• 1.0.1 - first implementation
• 1.0.2 - add shorted url expand function