waavi/url-shortener

Url Shortener for Laravel 5 with support for Google and Bitly drivers.

Laravel 5 url shortener

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Introduction

URL shortener package that gives a convenient Laravel Facade for mremi/UrlShortener, _(*2)

WAAVI is a web development studio based in Madrid, Spain. You can learn more about us at waavi.com, _(*3)

Laravel compatibility

Installation and Setup

Require through composer, _(*4)

composer require waavi/url-shortener 1.0.x

Or manually edit your composer.json file:, _(*5)

"require": {
    "waavi/url-shortener": "1.0.x"
}

In config/app.php, add the following entry to the end of the providers array:, _(*6)

Waavi\UrlShortener\UrlShortenerServiceProvider::class,

And the following alias:, _(*7)

'UrlShortener' => Waavi\UrlShortener\Facades\UrlShortener::class,

Publish the configuration file, the form view and the language entries:, _(*8)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Waavi\UrlShortener\UrlShortenerServiceProvider"

Check the config files for the environment variables you need to set for the selected driver., _(*9)

Usage

Shorten a url

```php
\UrlShortener::shorten('http://google.com'); // Uses default driver as per config settings
\UrlShortener::driver('bitly')->shorten('http://google.com');
```

Expand a url

```php
\UrlShortener::expand('http://google.com'); // Uses default driver as per config settings
\UrlShortener::driver('bitly')->expand('http://google.com');
```