SHORTEN(1)

NAME
shorten - CLI program to demonstrate use of WWW::Shorten

SYNOPSIS
    # Default shortening service is Metamark
    $ shorten books.perl.org/book/171
    http://xrl.us/dv8

    # Change with an environment variable
    $ SHORTEN_SERVICE=TinyURL shorten books.perl.org/book/171
    http://tinyurl.com/ye7gjf4

    # Change with command line option
    $ shorten --service=TinyURL books.perl.org/book/171
    http://tinyurl.com/ye7gjf4

    # Change using config file
    $ cat ~/.shortenrc
    service = TinyURL
    $ shorten books.perl.org/book/171
    http://tinyurl.com/ye7gjf4

    # Lengthen a URL
    $ shorten -l http://tinyurl.com/ye7gjf4

CONFIGURATION
The service used can be controlled in various ways. The program will use the first of the following values that it finds:

•   The value of the "--service" command line option.

•   The value of the "SHORTEN_SERVICE" environment variable.

•   The value of the "service" option from the configuration file (see below).

•   If none of the above options is found, the program defaults to using Metamark.

CONFIGURATION FILE
As we use the "Config::Auto" module for configuration, shorten's fairly flexible when it comes to format.

Configuration will be found in whichever of the following files comes first.

    shortenconfig
    ~/shortenconfig
    /etc/shortenconfig
    shorten.config
    ~/shorten.config
    /etc/shorten.config
    shortenrc
    ~/shortenrc
    /etc/shortenrc
    .shortenrc
    ~/.shortenrc
    /etc/.shortenrc

Generally, I use the format:

    service = MakeAShorterLink

which is simple and works. "service" is the only configuration keyword at present. Its value should be a correctly capitalized service name as per WWW::Shorten's documentation.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2002 - 2010, Magnum Solutions Ltd. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

AUTHOR
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

•   Chase Whitener "capoeirab@cpan.org"

•   Dave Cross <davecross@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO
WWW::Shorten