Class: Unshorten

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• Unshorten

Defined in:

lib/unshorten.rb

Overview

Get original URLs from shortened ones.

Constant Summary

CACHE_SIZE_LIMIT =

Cache entities limit

1024

DEFAULT_OPTIONS =

Default options for unshorten

{
  :max_level => 10,
  :timeout => 2,
  :short_hosts => false,
  :short_urls => /^(?:https?:)?\/*[^\/]*\/*[^\/]*$/,
  :use_cache => true,
  :add_missing_http => true
}

@@cache =

{ }

Class Method Summary

• .unshorten(url, options = {}) ⇒ Object (also: [])

  Unshorten a URL.

Class Method Details

.unshorten(url, options = {}) ⇒ Object Also known as: []

Unshorten a URL

Parameters:

• url (String) —

  A shortened URL

• options (Hash) (defaults to: {}) —

  A set of options

Options Hash (options):

• :max_level (Integer) —

  Max redirect times

• :timeout (Integer) —

  Timeout in seconds, for every request

• :short_hosts (Regexp) —

  Hosts that provides short url services, only send requests if host matches this regexp. Set to nil to follow all redirects.

• :short_urls (Regexp) —

  URLs that looks like a short one. Only send requests when the URL match this regexp. Set to nil to follow all redirects.

• :use_cache (Boolean) —

  Use cached result if available

• :add_missing_http (Boolean) —

  add ‘http://’ if missing

Returns:

• Original url, a url that does not redirect

See Also:

• DEFAULT_OPTIONS

# File 'lib/unshorten.rb', line 44

def unshorten(url, options = {})
  DEFAULT_OPTIONS.each { |k, v| (options[k] = v) unless options.has_key? k }

  follow(url, options)
end