Bash Script

Tag: shortener

  • Google URL shortener script

    Maybe it’s no longer working

    #!/bin/bash
    # Google url shortener bash script
    # For information about the app:
    # http://ggl-shortener.appspot.com/instructions/

    app='http://ggl-shortener.appspot.com/?url='
    url="$1"
    protocol=`echo "$1" | sed -e "/^http:\/\//g"`

    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo -e "you need to pass the url through an argument";
    echo -e "e.g. `basename $0` http://url";
    else
    if [ ! "$protocol" ]; then
    curl -s "$app$url" | sed -e 's/{"short_url":"//' -e 's/"}/\n/g'
    else
    repl=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/^/http:\/\//g'`
    curl -s "$app$repl" | sed -e 's/{"short_url":"//' -e 's/{"error_message":"Bad request/error: bad request/' -e 's/"}/\n/g'
    fi;
    fi