03.04.10 - Short URL's through j.mp or bit.ly API with PHP
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How to short URL's through j.mp or bit.ly API with a simple PHP function and cURL
First, in order to use the bit.ly API, you must sign up and get an api key. Once done, with cURL we can short a URL calling the next simple PHP function:
function shortUrl ($url)
{
$bitlyUser = 'TEST';
$apiKey = 'API_KEY';
$ch = curl_init();
//cURL options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://api.j.mp/v3/shorten?login=' . $bitlyUser . '&apiKey=' . $apiKey .'&uri=' . htmlspecialchars($url) . '&format=txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
//Execution
$ret = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $ret;
}
{
$bitlyUser = 'TEST';
$apiKey = 'API_KEY';
$ch = curl_init();
//cURL options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://api.j.mp/v3/shorten?login=' . $bitlyUser . '&apiKey=' . $apiKey .'&uri=' . htmlspecialchars($url) . '&format=txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
//Execution
$ret = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $ret;
}
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