Class: Shortie::Shorteners::Minilink

Inherits:
BaseShortener show all
Defined in:
lib/shortie/shorteners/minilink.rb

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from BaseShortener

#url

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from BaseShortener

#initialize, shorten

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from Shortie::BaseShortener

Instance Method Details

#shorten ⇒ Object 



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
 
# File 'lib/shortie/shorteners/minilink.rb', line 4

def shorten
  xml = SimpleHttp.get("http://minilink.org/?url=#{escaped_url}&xml=1")
  doc = REXML::Document.new(xml)

  url_element = doc.elements["minilink"]
  raise "No URL returned from minilink." if url_element.nil?

  url_element.text
end