shorten 1.0.1

shorten is a Python module to create your own URL-shortening functionality. It's gevent-safe, so you can use it with Gunicorn and Flask/Django.

For example, you can create your own little shortening API:

# For example, run as:
# gunicorn -w 4 example:app

import re
from redis import Redis
from flask import Flask, request, redirect, url_for, jsonify
from werkzeug import iri_to_uri
from shorten import shortener

app = Flask(__name__)
app_name = 'short.ur'

redis = Redis()

def is_url(string):
 return re.match('http(s){0,1}://.+\..+', string, re.I) is not None

def to_short_token(key):
 return key.split(to_short_key(''), 1)[1]

def to_short_key(token):
 return '{0}:key:{1}'.format(app_name, token)

counter_key = '{0}:counter'.format(app_name)

shortener = shortener('redis', redis=redis,
 counter_key=counter_key,
 formatter=to_short_key)

@app.route('/')
def shorten():
 try:
 url = request.args['u'].strip()
 if not is_url(url):
 return jsonify({'error' : 'not a valid url'})
 else:
 token = to_short_token(shortener.insert(url))
 return jsonify({'short' : url_for('bounce', token=token)})
 except KeyError, e:
 return jsonify({'error' : 'no url to shorten'})

@app.route('/< token >')
def bounce(token):
 try:
 token = to_short_key(token)
 return redirect(iri_to_uri(shortener[token]))
 except KeyError:
 return jsonify({'error' : 'no short url found'})

if __name__ == '__main__':
 app.run('0.0.0.0')


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