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Shortener Services

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Use some of the external (third-party) link shorteners to shorten your URLs.

Edit 11/17/10: Added Brif.us shortener

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<?php
	// =============================
	// 	   Shorteners Script
	// =============================
	//
	// Shorteners Script currently supports following shortener services
	// 		- TinyURL (use as: tinyurl)
	// 		- BitLy (use as: bitly)
	// 		- SuPr (use as: supr)
	// 		- IsGd (use as: isgd)
	// 		- L4uIn (use as: l4uin)
	// 		- ToLy (use as: toly)
	// 		- Adfly (use as: adfly)
	//		- KwnMe (use as: kwnme)
	//		- BrifUs (use as: brifus)
	// 
	// Usage:
	// http://www.example.com/short.php?shortener=<SHORTENER SERVICE PROVIDER>&longurl=<URL TO SHORTEN>
	// ==================================================================================================
 
	// Get the passed arguments
	$shortener = $_GET['shortener'];
	$passedurl = $_GET['longurl'];
 
	// Determine if the passed long URL has the 'http://' at the start
	if (strpos($passedurl, 'http://') !== false) {
		$passedurl = 'http://' . $passedurl;
	}
 
	// Determine which function to call
	if ($shortener == 'tinyurl') {
		$shorturl = shortTinyURL($passedurl);
	} elseif ($shortener == 'bitly') {
		$shorturl = shortBitly($passedurl);
	} elseif ($shortener == 'supr') {
		$shorturl = shortSupr($passedurl);
	} elseif ($shortener == 'isgd') {
		$shorturl = shortIsgd($passedurl);
	} elseif ($shortener == 'l4uin') {
		$shorturl = shortL4uin($passedurl);
	} elseif ($shortener == 'toly') {
		$shorturl = shortToly($passedurl);
	} elseif ($shortener == 'adfly') {
		$shorturl = shortAdfly($passedurl);
	} elseif ($shortener == 'kwnme') {
		$shorturl = shortKwnme($passedurl);
	} elseif ($shortener == 'brifus') {
		$shorturl = shortBrifus($passedurl);
	} else {
		$shorturl = 'You need to use a valid shortener service.';
	}
 
	// Print the result
	// or you can do what ever you like with the result (shortened URL)
	echo $shorturl;
 
	// TinyURL shortener
	function shortTinyURL($ToConvert) {
		$short_url = file_get_contents('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=' . $ToConvert);
		return $short_url;
	}
 
	// Bit.ly shortener
	function shortBitly($ToConvert) {
    	$bitlylogin = 'YOUR_USER_NAME';
    	$bitlyapikey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
    	$bitlyurl = file_get_contents('http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=' . $ToConvert . '&login=' . $bitlylogin . '&apiKey=' . $bitlyapikey);  
    	$bitlycontent = json_decode($bitlyurl,true);
    	$bitlyerror = $bitlycontent['errorCode'];
    	$short_url = $bitlycontent['results'][$ToConvert]['shortUrl'];
		return $short_url;
	}
 
	// Su.pr shortener
	function shortSupr($ToConvert) {
		$short_url = file_get_contents('http://su.pr/api?url=' . $ToConvert);
		return $short_url;
	}
 
	// Is.gd shortener
	function shortIsgd($ToConvert) {
		$short_url = file_get_contents('http://www.is.gd/api.php?longurl=' . $ToConvert);
		return $short_url;
	}
 
	// L4u.in shortener
	function shortL4uin($ToConvert) {
		$short_url = file_get_contents('http://www.l4u.in/?module=ShortURL&file=Add&mode=API&url=' . $ToConvert);
		return $short_url;
	}
 
	// To.ly shortener
	function shortToly($ToConvert) {
  		$ch = curl_init();
  		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://to.ly/api.php?longurl=".urlencode($ToConvert));
  		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
  		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
  		$shorturl = curl_exec ($ch);
  		curl_close ($ch);
  		return $short_url;
	}
 
	// Adf.ly shortener
	function shortAdfly($ToConvert) {
		$APIKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
		$UserID = 'YOUR_USER_ID';
		$ShortType = 'int'; // or 'banner'
		$short_url = file_get_contents('http://adf.ly/api.php?key=' . $APIKey . '&uid=' . $UserID . '&advert_type=' . $ShortType . '&url=' . $ToConvert);
		return $short_url;
	}
 
	// Kwn.me shortener
	function shortKwnme($ToConvert) {
		$short_url = file_get_contents('http://kwn.me/t.php?process=1&url=' . $ToConvert);
		return $short_url;
	}

// Brif.us shortener
	function shortBrifus($ToConvert) {
		$short_url = file_get_contents('http://brif.us/api.php?action=shorturl&format=simple&url=' . $ToConvert);
		return $short_url;
	}
?>

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