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Package description: Plugin which integrates Laravel with Yourls (Your Own URL Shortener).

Installation

Install via composer

composer require phpsa/laravel-yourls-plugin

Register Service Provider

Note! This and next step are optional if you use laravel>=5.5 with package auto discovery feature.

Add service provider to config/app.php in providers section

Phpsa\LaravelYourlsPlugin\ServiceProvider::class,

Register Facade

Register package facade in config/app.php in aliases section

'ShortUrl' => Phpsa\LaravelYourlsPlugin\Facades\LaravelYourlsPlugin::class,

Publish Configuration File (optional)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Phpsa\LaravelYourlsPlugin\ServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Configuration Settings

you can set the following values in your environment file

LARAVEL_YOURLS_PLUGIN_URL=
LARAVEL_YOURLS_PLUGIN_USERNAME=
LARAVEL_YOURLS_PLUGIN_PASSWORD=
LARAVEL_YOURLS_PLUGIN_SIGNATURE=
LARAVEL_YOURLS_PLUGIN_FORMAT=json

Authentication can use either the username / password combo or the signature

Usage

using the Facade: you can access the following methods:

shorturl

Generates a short url for your long url

\ShortUrl::shorturl(string $url [, string $title = NULL [], string $keyword = NULL [], string $format = NULL ]]] )

Parameters

• $url - required - the url you wish to create a short url for
• $title - optional - Title of the short url
• $keyword - optional - Title for the short url (ie short.url/{keyword})
• $format - optional - Change the format for this specific request (json / xml)

Returns string - the short url that was generated

expand

Expands inforation about your short url

\ShortUrl::expand(string $shorturl [, string $format = null] )

Parameters

• $shorturl - required - the shorturl to expand (can be either 'abc' or 'http://site/abc')
• $format - optional - Change the format for this specific request (json / xml)

Returns stdClass - object of the response details

urlStats

Get stats about one short URL

\ShortUrl::expand(string $shorturl [, string $format = null] )

Parameters

• $shorturl - required - the shorturl to expand (can be either 'abc' or 'http://site/abc')
• $format - optional - Change the format for this specific request (json / xml)

Returns stdClass - object of the response details

stats

Get stats about one short URL

\ShortUrl::stats( [string $filter = null [, int $limit = null [, string $format = null ]]] )

Parameters

• $filter - optional - the filter: either "top", "bottom" , "rand" or "last"
• $limit - optional - the limit (maximum number of links to return)
• $format - optional - Change the format for this specific request (json / xml)

Returns stdClass - object of the response details

dbStats

Get stats about one short URL

\ShortUrl::dbStats([ string $format = null] )

Parameters

• $format - optional - Change the format for this specific request (json / xml)

Returns stdClass - object of the response details

getLastResponse

Gets the full response body from the last request

\ShortUrl::getLastResponse()

Parameters N/A

Returns stdClass|string response of the last request body

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Craig Smith
• All contributors