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Google Url Shortener API Package for Laravel 5.*. Library to shorten URLs, expand URLs, and get stats for shortened URLs. e.g. goo.gl/XXXXX

Installation

To install, run the following in your project directory

$ composer require mbarwick83/shorty

Laravel < 5.5

Then in config/app.php add the following to the providers array:

Mbarwick83\Shorty\ShortyServiceProvider::class

Also in config/app.php, add the Facade class to the aliases array:

'Shorty'    => Mbarwick83\Shorty\Facades\Shorty::class

Laravel >= 5.5

There is no need to modify config/app.php since the provider and alias will be picked up through auto discover.

Configuration

To publish Shorty's configuration file, run the following vendor:publish command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Mbarwick83\Shorty\ShortyServiceProvider"

This will create a shorty.php in your config directory. Here you must enter your Google Shortener URL API Key. Get an API key at https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting_started#APIKey.

Usage

Be sure to include the namespace for the class wherever you plan to use this library

use Mbarwick83\Shorty\Facades\Shorty;

#####To shorten a URL:

$url = "http://google.com";

Shorty::shorten($url);

// returns, http://goo.gl/XXXXX

#####To expand a shortened URL:

$url = "http://goo.gl/XXXXX";

Shorty::expand($url);

// returns, http://google.com

#####To get stats on shortened URL:

$url = "http://goo.gl/XXXXX";

Shorty::stats($url);

If successful, stats response will return:

{
 "kind": "urlshortener#url",
 "id": "http://goo.gl/fbsS",
 "longUrl": "http://www.google.com/",
 "status": "OK",
 "created": "2009-12-13T07:22:55.000+00:00",
 "analytics": {
  "allTime": {
   "shortUrlClicks": "3227",
   "longUrlClicks": "9358",
   "referrers": [ { "count": "2160", "id": "Unknown/empty" } /* , ... */ ],
   "countries": [ { "count": "1022", "id": "US" } /* , ... */ ],
   "browsers": [ { "count": "1025", "id": "Firefox" } /* , ... */ ],
   "platforms": [ { "count": "2278", "id": "Windows" } /* , ... */ ]
  },
  "month": { /* ... */ },
  "week": { /* ... */ },
  "day": { /* ... */ },
  "twoHours": { /* ... */ }
 }
}

Change log

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

$ composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING and CONDUCT for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email :author_email instead of using the issue tracker.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

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