goo.gl url shortener

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Shorten URL using goo.gl

from httplib import HTTPSConnection
import json

def shorten(url):
    con = HTTPSConnection("www.googleapis.com", timeout=3)
    con.request("POST", "/urlshortener/v1/url",
                body=json.dumps({"longUrl" : url}),
                headers={"Content-type" : "application/json"})
    fo = con.getresponse()
    result = json.load(fo)
    return result["id"]


def main(argv=None):
    import sys
    from argparse import ArgumentParser

    argv = argv or sys.argv

    parser = ArgumentParser(description="Shorten URL using goo.gl")
    parser.add_argument("url", help="URL to shorten")
    args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])

    print(shorten(args.url))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()