Class: Googlus::Shorten

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/googlus/shorten.rb

Overview

Shorten a URL

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(url) ⇒ Shorten

Long URL to shorten



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# File 'lib/googlus/shorten.rb', line 7

def initialize(url)
  http = Net::HTTP.new("www.googleapis.com", 443)
  http.use_ssl = true
  
  params = {'longUrl' => url}.to_json
  resp, body = http.post("/urlshortener/v1/url", params, {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'})
  body = JSON.parse(body)
  
  if resp.code.to_i == 200
    @short_url = body["id"]
    @url = body["longUrl"]
  else
    error = body["error"]
    raise "Shortening error: #{error["code"]} - #{error["message"]}"
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

#short_url ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute short_url.



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# File 'lib/googlus/shorten.rb', line 4

def short_url
  @short_url
end

#url ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute url.



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# File 'lib/googlus/shorten.rb', line 4

def url
  @url
end