TinifyUrls
==========

A Rails plugin that makes it easy to convert long URLs to shorter ones using
popular services like TinyURL, SnipURL, and is.gd.

Uses TinyURL by default, but you can pass :snipurl or :is_gd to the Tinifier
constructor, or override the default in an initializer:

  Tinifier.default_api = :snipurl


Example
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  t = Tinifier.new # using TinyURL by default
  
  # shorten a single URL
  puts t.tinify_url('http://www.patientslikeme.com')

  # or shorten every URL in a string
  puts t.tinify_urls('Please visit http://www.patientslikeme.com to learn more.')


View helpers are also provided:

  <%= link_to tinify_url('http://www.patientslikeme.com', :snipurl) %>

You can also pass a block to implement custom URL shortening logic. A 
practical example is to cache URLs, avoiding extra expensive API invocations:

  <%= link_to tinify_url('http://www.patientslikeme.com') { |url| UrlCache.for_full_url(url) } %>


Copyright (c) 2009 PatientsLikeMe, Inc., released under the MIT license