NAME WWW::Shorten::IsGd - shorten (or lengthen) URLs with http://is.gd VERSION version 0.001 SYNOPSIS use WWW::Shorten::IsGd; use WWW::Shorten 'IsGd'; my $url = q{http://averylong.link/wow?thats=really&really=long}; my $short_url = makeashorterlink($url); my $long_url = makealongerlink($short_url); # eq $url DESCRIPTION A Perl interface to the web site . is.gd simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier. Functions makeashorterlink The function "makeashorterlink" will call the is.gd web site passing it your long URL and will return the shortened link. makealongerlink The function "makealongerlink" does the reverse. "makealongerlink" will accept as an argument either the full TinyURL URL or just the TinyURL identifier. If anything goes wrong, then either function will return "undef". AVAILABILITY The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit to find a CPAN site near you, or see . The development version lives at and may be cloned from . Instead of sending patches, please fork this project using the standard git and github infrastructure. BUGS AND LIMITATIONS No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at . AUTHOR Mike Doherty COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Mike Doherty. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.