URL Shortener Module

Adds URL Shortening developer tools

Maintainer Contact

Hamish Campbell <hn.campbell (at) gmail (dot) com>

Requirements

SilverStripe 2.4+

Documentation

By default URL Shortener uses a URL segment of the current site to provide short urls. Change the default URL Segment ('-') with: SSURLShortener::set_url_segment('short');

Use alternative URL shortening services by setting the shortener class: URLShortener::set_url_shortener(BitlyURLShortener);

Installation Instructions

1. Extract the module to your website directory.
2. Run /dev/build?flush=1

Uage Overview

Shorten URLs with:

$shortURL = URLShortener::shorten($longURL);

Expand URLs with:

$longURL = URLShortener::expand($shortURL);

Create new services by implementing URLShortenerService

Set alternative URL Shorteners in your _config.php with

URLShortener::set_url_shortener('BitlyURLShortener');

A bit.ly URL shortener service is provided. Apply for an API key at http://bit.ly and add the following to your _config.php:

BitlyURLShortener::set_username_and_key('username', 'apikey')
URLShortener::set_url_shortener('BitlyURLShortener');