MUSh

A multiple service URL shortener gem with command-line utilities

NOTE: This gem only supports url shortening, nothing else, no stats, no info, no expand and it won’t support any of them.

Installation

MUSh depends on HTTParty sudo gem install httparty

sudo gem install mush

Supported services

bit.ly
is.gd
u.nu

Usage as a command line utility

$ bitly -l login -l apikey -u http://foo.raflabs.com

$ isgd http://foo.raflabs.com

$ unu foo.raflabs.com

Sorry, but at this moment, if you want to use the bitly command line without -l and -k do this:

Add the following alias to your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc

alias bitly='bitly -l your_login -k your_apikey'

then use it this way (you won’t need the -u)

$ bitly http://google.com

Usage as a Gem

require 'mush'

bitly = Mush::Services::Bitly.new

bitly.login = "login"
bitly.apikey = "apikey"

bitly.shorten "http://foo.raflabs.com"

isgd = Mush::Services::IsGd.new
isgd.shorten "http://foo.raflabs.com"

unu = Mush::Services:Unu.new
unu.shorten "http://foo.raflabs.com"

ToDo

Use bitly commmand without -l and -k, save config in home folder (.mush file)
Make shorten method to accept multiple URLs
add j.mp and maybe other services
Cache

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

Fork the project.
Make your feature/service addition or bug fix.
Add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.
Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.