# $Id$
=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=
# <NONAME>=Shorten URL! (submit)
# privkey=
#
=head1 Functions
=head2 makeashorterlink
The function C<makeashorterlink> 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<a href="\E(\Qhttp://lin.kz/?\E\w+)"
!x) {
return $1;
}
return;
}
=head2 makealongerlink
The function C<makealongerlink> does the reverse. C<makealongerlink>
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<undef>.
=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<WWW::Shorten> docs.
=head1 AUTHOR
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<WWW::Shorten>, L<perl>, L<http://lin.kz/>
=cut