Switched to using is.gd for URL shortening

plugins/lmgtfy.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+
 from util import hook
-from util.web import bitly
+from util.web import isgd
 from urllib import quote_plus
 
 
@@ -7,10 +8,6 @@ from urllib import quote_plus
 @hook.command
 def lmgtfy(inp, bot=None):
     "lmgtfy [phrase] - Posts a google link for the specified phrase"
-    api_user = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("bitly_user", None)
-    api_key = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("bitly_api", None)
-    if api_key is None:
-        return "error: no api key set"
 
     url = "http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%s" % quote_plus(inp)
-    return bitly(url, api_user, api_key)
+    return isgd(url, api_user, api_key)

plugins/shorten.py

@@ -2,18 +2,14 @@
 
 from util import hook
 from urllib2 import HTTPError
-from util.web import bitly, ShortenError
+from util.web import isgd
 
 
 @hook.command
-def shorten(inp, bot=None):
+def shorten(inp):
-    "shorten <url> - Makes an j.mp/bit.ly shortlink to the url provided."
+    "shorten <url> - Makes an is.gd shortlink to the url provided."
-    api_user = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("bitly_user", None)
-    api_key = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("bitly_api", None)
-    if api_key is None:
-        return "error: no api key set"
 
     try:
-        return bitly(inp, api_user, api_key)
+        return isgd(inp)
-    except (HTTPError, ShortenError):
+    except (HTTPError):
         return "Could not shorten '%s'!" % inp

plugins/util/web.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """ web.py - handy functions for web services """
 
-import http
+import http, urlnorm
 from urllib import urlencode
 
 
@@ -12,13 +12,20 @@ class ShortenError(Exception):
         return repr(self.value)
 
 
+# this is not used in any plugins right now
 def bitly(url, user, api_key):
     """ shortens a URL with the bit.ly API """
-    if not "://" in url:
+    url = urlnorm.normalise(url)
-        url = "http://" + url
     params = urlencode({'longUrl': url, 'login': user, 'apiKey': api_key,
                         'format': 'json'})
     j = http.get_json("http://api.bit.ly/v3/shorten?%s" % params)
     if j['status_code'] == 200:
         return j['data']['url']
     raise ShortenError('%s' % j['status_txt'])
+
+
+def isgd(url):
+    """ shortens a URL with the is.gd PAI """
+    url = urlnorm.normalize(url.encode('utf-8'))
+    params = urlencode({'format': 'simple', 'url': url})
+    return http.get("http://is.gd/create.php?%s" % params)

plugins/wolframalpha.py

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import re
-import urllib
 
 from util import hook, http
 
+from urllib import quote_plus
 from urllib2 import HTTPError
-from util.web import bitly, ShortenError
+from util.web import isgd
 from util.text import truncate_words
 
 
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ def wolframalpha(inp, bot=None):
     "wa <query> -- Computes <query> using Wolfram Alpha."
 
     api_key = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("wolframalpha", None)
-    bitly_user = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("bitly_user", None)
-    bitly_key = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("bitly_api", None)
 
     if not api_key:
         return "error: missing api key"
@@ -26,10 +24,10 @@ def wolframalpha(inp, bot=None):
 
     # get the URL for a user to view this query in a browser
     query_url = "http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=" + \
-                urllib.quote(inp.encode('utf-8'))
+                quote_plus(inp.encode('utf-8'))
     try:
-        short_url = bitly(query_url, bitly_user, bitly_key)
+        short_url = isgd(query_url)
-    except (HTTPError, ShortenError):
+    except (HTTPError):
         short_url = query_url
 
     pod_texts = []