gistfile1.txt

- (NSString *)encodeURL:(NSString *)url {
    NSString * encoded = (__bridge NSString *)CFURLCreateStringByAddingPercentEscapes(
                                                                                      NULL,
                                                                                      (__bridge CFStringRef)url,
                                                                                      NULL,
                                                                                      (CFStringRef)@"!*'();:@&=+$,/?%#[]",
                                                                                      kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
    return encoded;
}


//    _data = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
//    NSMutableURLRequest *request;
//    NSString *longUrl = @"http://www.google.com/";
//    
//    request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url"]
//                                      cachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData
//                                  timeoutInterval:60.0];
//    
//    [request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
//    [request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
//    [request setHTTPBody:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"{\"longUrl\": \"%@\"}", longUrl] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
//    
//    [NSURLConnection connectionWithRequest:request delegate:self];