# $Id$ =head1 NAME WWW::Shorten::Linkz - Perl interface to lin.kz =head1 SYNOPSIS use WWW::Shorten 'Linkz'; $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url); $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url); $long_url = makealongerlink($nickname); =head1 DESCRIPTION A Perl interface to the web site lin.kz. lin.kz simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier. =cut package WWW::Shorten::Linkz; use 5.006; use strict; use warnings; use base qw( WWW::Shorten::generic Exporter ); our @EXPORT = qw(makeashorterlink makealongerlink); our $VERSION = '1.90'; use Carp; #POST http://lin.kz/make.php # url= # =Shorten URL! (submit) # privkey= # =head1 Functions =head2 makeashorterlink The function C will call the lin.kz web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter (Linkz) version. Multiple submissions of the same URL will result in different codes being returned. =cut sub makeashorterlink ($) { my $url = shift or croak 'No URL passed to makeashorterlink'; my $ua = __PACKAGE__->ua(); my $resp = $ua->post( 'http://lin.kz/make.php', [ url => $url, ], ); return unless $resp->is_success; if ($resp->content =~ m! \Q does the reverse. C will accept as an argument either the full Linkz URL or just the Linkz identifier/nickname. If anything goes wrong, then either function will return C. =cut sub makealongerlink ($) { my $code = shift or croak 'No Linkz nickname/URL passed to makealongerlink'; my $ua = __PACKAGE__->ua(); $code = "http://lin.kz/?$code" unless $code =~ m!^http://!i; my $resp = $ua->get($code); my $location = $resp->header('Location'); return $location if defined $location; return; } 1; __END__ =head2 EXPORT makeashorterlink, makealongerlink =head1 SUPPORT, LICENCE, THANKS and SUCH See the main L docs. =head1 AUTHOR Iain Truskett =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L =cut