Here is a command which shortens the selected URL using the bit.ly API
Goto the ubiquity command editor in the browser and paste the
following code..
CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
name: "bit.ly",
icon: "http://bit.ly/static/images/blowfish_logo_small.png";,
homepage: "http://bit.ly/";,
author: { name: "sreenivas kanthamneni", email:
"[email protected]"},
license: "GPL",
description: "Uses the bit.ly api to shorten the url",
help: "bit.ly ",
takes: {"url to shorten": noun_type_url},
shortUrl: "",
preview: function( pblock, input ) {
pblock.innerHTML = "Replaces the selected URL with a bit.ly.";
this._getBitlyUrl( pblock, input, "preview" );
},
execute: function( input ) {
this._getBitlyUrl( "", input, "execute" );
},
_getBitlyUrl: function( pblock, longurl, call ) {
var bitlyUrl = "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl="; +
jQuery.trim(longurl.text) +
"&login=sreenivas&apiKey=R_3e18bdec1fae36b6a516cba5cfbff39f&format=json&callback=?";
jQuery.getJSON(bitlyUrl,
function(data){
if(data) {
pblock.innerHTML = "Replaces selected URL with "
for (var r in data.results) {
result = data.results[r];
result['longUrl'] = r;
break;
}
if( call == "preview" ) {
pblock.innerHTML += result['shortUrl'];
}
if( call == "execute" ) {
CmdUtils.setSelection(result['shortUrl']);
}
}
});
},
});
And we are ready ...
whenever you need to shorten an URL invoke Ubiquity type bit.ly (url
to shorten) ..
(or)
select the URL -> right click on it -> click on Ubiquity -> click on
bit.ly
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