README

Introduction

URL shortener package that gives a convenient Laravel Facade for mremi/UrlShortener

WAAVI is a web development studio based in Madrid, Spain. You can learn more about us at waavi.com

Laravel compatibility

Installation and Setup

Require through composer

composer require waavi/url-shortener 1.0.x 

Or manually edit your composer.json file:

"require": { "waavi/url-shortener": "1.0.x" } 

In config/app.php, add the following entry to the end of the providers array:

Waavi\UrlShortener\UrlShortenerServiceProvider::class, 

And the following alias:

'UrlShortener' => Waavi\UrlShortener\Facades\UrlShortener::class, 

Publish the configuration file, the form view and the language entries:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Waavi\UrlShortener\UrlShortenerServiceProvider" 

Check the config files for the environment variables you need to set for the selected driver.

Usage

Shorten a url

```php \UrlShortener::shorten('http://google.com'); // Uses default driver as per config settings \UrlShortener::driver('bitly')->shorten('http://google.com'); ``` 

Expand a url

```php \UrlShortener::expand('http://google.com'); // Uses default driver as per config settings \UrlShortener::driver('bitly')->expand('http://google.com'); ```