google url shortener

[roza]

I was trying to turn Mike Walker's url shortener extension into an Alfred 2 Workflow but failed. Anyone else know how to do this? Here is the link to the extension: http://incredimike.com/projects/alfred-gurl/

[ctwise]

I was trying to turn Mike Walker's url shortener extension into an Alfred 2 Workflow but failed. Anyone else know how to do this? Here is the link to the extension: http://incredimike.com/projects/alfred-gurl/

 

You would do it like this:

 

 

And the script would look like this:

 

 

# longURL supplied by user

$longUrl = "{query}";

 

# Use commandline curl because it's good at these sort of things

$resp = `curl --silent https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"longUrl": "$longUrl"}'`;

 

# Use JSON extension added in PHP 5.2

$json = json_decode( $resp );

 

# Echo out the URL.

echo $json->id;

[roza]

Hi, thanks! I recreated this but unfortunately, I don't get the shortened url, just the url I started out with. Would you be so kind as to provide your workflow so I can see what I did wrong?

[ctwise]

I was reluctant to post it since it isn't my workflow, I just moved it into v2 format.

 

Here you go: http://tedwi.se/u/do

[roza]

I got it now, thanks!

[macbookandrew]

For anyone else looking for this who doesn't want to rebuild it, you can download it here: http://goo.gl/wk9BG

 

Thanks to Mike for his initial work on it!

[isemann]

Thanks macbookandrew and of course Mike for the initial shortener (even though there was already one )

 

Thanks of course Andrew and Vero too.

 

There are many reasons to love Alfred and this is just one example - the first url shortener I used stopped working, quick Google and got Mikes version (much quicker than diagnosing/testing etc.). Then v2 Alfred comes round, url shortener and snippets gone! I upgraded early. Very short time later import doodads sorted out. Done that, then quick hunt and shortener found (here).

 

No wonder Alfred receives so much love. Deservedly so.

 

R!