gapi-url

Small wrapper around Google Url Shortener API providing 'insert' and 'get' methods.

const gapiUrl = require('gapi-url')
 
const API_KEY = '<your api key here>'
 
// Shorten a URL
shortenURL(API_KEY, 'https://github.com', print)
 
function printShortened(err, res) {
  if (err) return console.error(err)
  console.log('shortened url: ', res)
  // => shortened url:  https://goo.gl/un5E
}
 
// Expand a shortened URL
expandURL(API_KEY, 'https://goo.gl/un5E', 'FULL', print)
 
function print(err, res) {
  if (err) return console.error(err)
  console.log('expanded url: ', res)
  // => expanded url: https://github.com
}

Installation

npm install gapi-url

Table of Contents generated with DocToc

• API
  • shortenURL
  • expandURL
    • Supported projections
  • getAnalyticsURL
    • Example
• Resources
  • Getting Started with the Google Shortener API
    • API documented here
    • Get API key
    • View Shortener Console
    • Testing with curl
• Kudos
• License

API

shortenURL

Shortens the provided url

Parameters

• apiKey String api key of your google application
• link String that you want to shorten
• cb Function with following signature function (err, shortenedLink)

expandURL

Expands the provided shortened url

Supported projections

• ANALYTICS_CLICKS: Returns only click counts
• ANALYTICS_TOP_STRINGS: Returns only top string counts
• FULL: Returns the creation timestamp and all available analytics

Parameters

• apiKey String api key of your google application
• shortened String link that you want to expand
• projection String to include more info ANALYTICS_CLICKS| ANALYTICS_TOP_STRINGS | FULL
• cb Function with following signature function (err, expanedLink)
• shortLink

getAnalyticsURL

Returns the url for the google analytics page for the given shortened url.

Example

getAnalyticsURL('https://goo.gl/un5E')

=> https://goo.gl/#analytics/goo.gl/un5E/all_time

Parameters

• url String shortened URL, i.e. obtained via shortenURL

Returns String link to the Google Analytics page.

Resources

Getting Started with the Google Shortener API

API documented here

https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/url

link

Get API key

https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting_started

link

View Shortener Console

https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/urlshortener.googleapis.com/overview?project=gapi-url-1513446857763&duration=PT1H

link

Testing with curl

curl https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?key=AIzaSyA2LZbzpowavq0euPXmNhrSW6Q-R4-HnZA \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json'                                                             \
-d '{"longUrl": "http://www.google.com/" }'

Kudos

Thanks to @anvaka for his initial shortener implementation.

• implementation inside fieldplay

License

MIT