NAME
    WWW::Shorten::VGd - shorten (or lengthen) URLs with http://v.gd

VERSION
    version 0.002

SYNOPSIS
        use WWW::Shorten::VGd;
        use WWW::Shorten 'VGd';

        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 <http://v.gd>. v.gd simply maintains a
    database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier. By
    default, this URL shortening service will show you a preview page before
    redirecting you. This can be turned off by setting a cookie at
    <http://v.gd/previews.php>.

FUNCTIONS
  makeashorterlink
    The function "makeashorterlink" will call the v.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 <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a
    CPAN site near you, or see
    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Shorten-VGd/>.

    The development version lives at
    <http://github.com/doherty/WWW-Shorten-VGd> and may be cloned from
    <git://github.com/doherty/WWW-Shorten-VGd.git>. 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
    <http://github.com/doherty/WWW-Shorten-VGd/issues>.

AUTHOR
    Mike Doherty <doherty@cpan.org>

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.