Jordan Brough jtbrough
jtbrough
/ bitly_shorten.sh
Created
December 9, 2011 16:59
shortens the uri in clipboard using bit.ly
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| ### takes long uri from clipboard, then saves the shortened uri back to the clipboard | |
| ### requires pbpaste/pbbiycopy (os x) and a legacy bitly api key | |
| longURI=`pbpaste` | |
| apikey=your_api_key_here | |
| username=your_user_name_here | |
| format=txt | |
| encodedURI="$(perl -MURI::Escape -e 'print uri_escape($ARGV[0]);' "$longURI")" | |
| curl -s "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v3/shorten?login=$username&apikey=$apikey&longUrl=$encodedURI&format=$format" | pbcopy |
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