module UrlShortener
Public Class Methods
shorten(longUrl=nil)
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return shortened url. raises exception if no longurl provided.
# File lib/auth/url_shortener.rb, line 9 def self.shorten(longUrl=nil) raise Exception.new("long url not provided") if longUrl.nil? body = {:longUrl => longUrl}.to_json request = Typhoeus::Request.new( url_shortener_endpoint, method: :post, params: { key: Auth.configuration.third_party_api_keys[:google_url_shortener_api_key] }, body: body, headers: { 'Accept' => "application/json", 'Content-Type' => "application/json" } ) response = request.run JSON.parse(response.body)["id"] if response.success? end
url_shortener_endpoint()
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return shortened url OR nil if exception is encountered.
# File lib/auth/url_shortener.rb, line 3 def self.url_shortener_endpoint "https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url" end