merging lib files

api/lib.py

@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 import re, htmlentitydefs
+from settings import BITLY_USER, BITLY_KEY
+import urllib2, urllib
+try:
+    import json
+except:
+    import simplejson as json
+
+
+def bitly_shorten(long_url):
+    # the long_url must contain the protocol
+    if not long_url.startswith('http://'):
+        long_url = 'http://' + long_url
+    base = "http://api.bit.ly/v3/shorten?"
+    args = {
+        'login': BITLY_USER,
+        'apiKey': BITLY_KEY,
+        'longUrl' : long_url,
+    }
+    api_call = base+urllib.urlencode(args)
+    fp = urllib2.urlopen(api_call)
+    js = json.loads(fp.read())
+    return js['data']['url']
 
 def html_unescape(text):
     ''' Function by Fredrik Lundh at