Get a short URL using Google API

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys

import requests
import json

headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}

url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url'

data = {"longUrl": sys.argv[1]}

response = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(data), headers=headers)

if response and response.status_code == 200:
    print(response.json['id'])