leadthread/laravel-shortener

laravel-shortener

, _(*1)

Laravel Shortener is a simple package for shortening URL's through various online services., _(*2)

Currently supported: - Bitly - Google, _(*3)

Installation

Install via composer - In the terminal:, _(*4)

composer require leadthread/laravel-shortener

Now add the following to the providers array in your config/app.php, _(*5)

LeadThread\Shortener\ShortenerServiceProvider::class

and this to the aliases array in config/app.php, _(*6)

"Shortener" => "LeadThread\Shortener\Facades\Shortener",

Then you will need to run these commands in the terminal in order to copy the config file, _(*7)

php artisan vendor:publish

Usage

First you must change your config file located at config/shortener.php with your API credentials Then you can simply shorten a URL like this:, _(*8)

$url = "https://github.com/leadthread/laravel-shortener";
$shortUrl = Shortener::shorten($url);
// (string) http://bit.ly/2amWdrE

Laravel Shortener also takes advantage or Laravel's caching features. Just simply edit your config file to change the caching variables., _(*9)

Dont forget to add this to the top of the file, _(*10)

//If you updated your aliases array in "config/app.php"
use Shortener;
//or if you didnt...
use LeadThread\Shortener\Facades\Shortener;