A PHP5 library to generate shortened URL through The Google URL Shortener API.

Using an Google API key is highly recommended. To acquire an API key follow the instructions.

Shorten a long URL using The Google URL Shortener API

try { $googl = new \dotzero\Googl('YOUR_GOOGLE_API'); echo $googl->shorten('http://github.com'); } catch (\dotzero\GooglException $e) { printf('Error (%d): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage()); }

Expand a short URL using The Google URL Shortener API

try { $googl = new \dotzero\Googl('YOUR_GOOGLE_API'); echo $googl->expand('http://goo.gl/KkZ8'); } catch (\dotzero\GooglException $e) { printf('Error (%d): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage()); }

$ composer require dotzero/googl

Clone the project using git clone https://github.com/dotzero/googl-php/ and include the source file with require_once("googl-php/src/Googl.php");

First install the dependencies, and after you can run:

GOOGLE_API=YOUR_GOOGLE_API vendor/bin/phpunit

Licensed under the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php