Version 2 of tinyurl

Updated 2004-11-08 13:26:09 by rmax

Reinhard Max - 2004-11-08

This little tool allows to create tiny URL (http://tinyurl.com ) from the command line. The TinyURL proc can also be used in othe scripts for TinyURL creation.

package require http

 # - TinyURL
 # 
 #  Create a simple alias URL from a possibly long and complicated one
 #  using the http://tinyurl.com service
 #
 # in:  The URL to be made tiny
 # out: The tiny URL
 #
 proc TinyURL {url} {
    set query [http::formatQuery url $url]
    set token [http::geturl http://tinyurl.com/create.php -query $query]
    if {[http::ncode $token] != 200} {
        return -code error [http::data $token]
    }
    set RE {^<input type=hidden name=tinyurl value="(.*)">$}
    if {![regexp -line $RE [http::data $token] -> turl]} {
        return -code error \
            "http://tinyurl.com has probably changed the output format."
    }
    http::cleanup $token
    return $turl
 }

 if {$argc != 1} {
    puts "usage: [info script] url"
    exit 1
 }

 puts [TinyURL [lindex $argv 0]]