pib / untinyurl

A collection of scripts in various languages to find where a shortened URL redirects to.

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untinyurl / untinyurl.py
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import httplib
import urlparse
 
def untinyurl(tinyurl):
    url = urlparse.urlsplit(tinyurl)
    req = urlparse.urlunsplit(('', '', url.path, url.query, url.fragment))
    con = httplib.HTTPConnection(url.netloc)
    try:
        con.request('HEAD', req)
    except:
        return tinyurl
    response = con.getresponse()
    return response.getheader('Location', tinyurl)