WWW::Shorten::Metamark(3)

NAME
WWW::Shorten::Metamark - Perl interface to metamark.net

SYNOPSIS
  use WWW::Shorten::Metamark;

  use WWW::Shorten 'Metamark';

  $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);

  $long_url  = makealongerlink($short_url);

DESCRIPTION
A Perl interface to the web site metamark.net. Metamark simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.

Functions

  makeashorterlink
The function "makeashorterlink" will call the Metamark web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter Metamark version.

  makealongerlink
The function "makealongerlink" does the reverse. "makealongerlink" will accept as an argument either the full Metamark URL or just the Metamark identifier.

If anything goes wrong, then either function will return "undef".

  EXPORT
makeashorterlink, makealongerlink

SUPPORT, LICENCE, THANKS and SUCH
See the main WWW::Shorten docs.

AUTHOR
Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>

Based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk>

SEE ALSO
WWW::Shorten, perl, <http://metamark.net/>