How to make unique short URL with Python?

Question

How can I make unique URL in Python a la http://imgur.com/gM19g or http://tumblr.com/xzh3bi25y When using uuid from python I get a very large one. I want something shorter f

Answer 1

Python's short_url is awesome.

Here is an example:

import short_url

id = 20  # your object id
domain = 'mytiny.domain' 

shortened_url = "http://{}/{}".format(
                                     domain,
                                     short_url.encode_url(id)
                               )

And to decode the code:

decoded_id = short_url.decode_url(param)

That's it :)

Hope this will help.