Weechat helper

gistfile1.rb

def yourls_shorten(url)
  # use yourls shortener
  # need to provide url config option
  require 'rubygems'
  require 'json/pure'
  params = ['action=shorturl']
  params << 'format=simple'
  params << 'url=' + URI.encode(url)
  yourls_url = Weechat.config_get_plugin('yourls_url')
  api_url = [yourls_url, params.join('&')].join(yourls_url.include?('?') ? '&' : '?')
  begin
    body_txt = fetch(api_url)
  rescue Exception => ex
    return "Failure yourls shortening url: " + ex.to_s
  end
  body_txt
end