how to implement a short url like urls in twitter?

Question

If there is a long url, i want to generate a short url like those in twitter, is there some way to implement in ruby?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

I use the bitly gem. It's really simple.

gem install bitly

# Use api version 3 or get a deprecation warning
Bitly.use_api_version_3

# Create a client
bitly = Bitly.new(username, api_key)

# Call method shorten
bitly.shorten('http://www.google.com').short_url