README

Introduction

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

Laravel compatibility

Installation and Setup

Require through composer

composer require abstractrs/url-shortener

Or manually edit your composer.json file:

"require": {
    abstractrs/url-shortener": "^2.0"
}

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

Abstractrs\UrlShortener\UrlShortenerServiceProvider::class,

And the following alias:

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

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

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Abstractrs\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');
```