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1. skippybosco
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Thanks for the great plugin and continued support.

   Any plans to support the Short Links for Google Apps as a URL service?

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/url-shortener/

2. Gerald
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I would if there is an API for the service....

3. skippybosco
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Hi Gerald, Thanks for the follow up.

   I have an "Enable API access" option for my Short Links settings as well as this sample python script they included in the help section:

   #!/usr/bin/python2.4
   #
   # Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
   #
   # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
   # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   # You may obtain a copy of the License at
   #
   #      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   #
   # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   # distributed under the License is distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS,
   # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   # limitations under the License.
   
   """Example script.
   
      Connects to an installation of Google Short Links and submits an
      API request.
   
      Example commands:
        Get the details of the short link 'foo':
          python api_sample.py
              --details
              --server=shortlinks.example.com
              --hmac=foobar
              --email=anything
              --url=anything
              --shortcut_name=foo
        Create a new short link 'bar' that points to www.google.com and
        is owned by owner@example.com:
          python api_sample.py
              --create
              --server=shortlinks.example.com
              --hmac=foobar
              --email=owner@example.com
              --url=http://www.google.com
              --shortcut_name=bar
        Create a new public HASHED short link that points to www.google.com and
        is owned by owner@example.com:
          python api_sample.py
              --hash
              --server=shortlinks.example.com
              --hmac=foobar
              --email=owner@example.com
              --url=http://www.google.com
              --shortcut_name=anything
              --is_public
   """
   
   import base64
   import datetime
   import hmac
   import optparse
   import sha
   import sys
   import time
   import urllib
   import urllib2
   
   def make_request_uri(hostname, api_method, secret, **parameters):
     """Constructs a signed api request.
   
        Contains a miniature implementation of an oauth signing mechanism.
        Not complete, but enough for this use case.
   
     Args:
       hostname: the name of the domain that short links is installed at
       api_method: the api method to be called, like get_or_create_hash
       secret: the api (hmac) secret to be used
       parameters: additional arguments that should be passed to the api-method
     Returns:
       A signed URL that the short links server would understand.
     """
     # What is the url (without parameters)?
     base_url = 'http://%s/js/%s' % (hostname.lower(), api_method)
   
     # What is the base query string?
     parameters['oauth_signature_method'] = 'HMAC-SHA1'
     parameters['timestamp'] = str(
         time.mktime(datetime.datetime.now().timetuple()))
     param_array = [(k, v) for k, v in parameters.items()]
     param_array.sort()
     keyvals = ['%s=%s' % (urllib.quote(a, ''), urllib.quote(str(b), ''))
                for a, b in param_array]
     unsecaped = '&'.join(keyvals)
     signature_base_string = 'GET&%s&%s' % (
         urllib.quote(base_url, ''), urllib.quote(unsecaped, ''))
   
     # Create oauth secret
     signature = urllib.quote(base64.b64encode(
         hmac.new(secret, signature_base_string, sha).digest()), '')
   
     # Return the result
     return '%s?%s&oauth_signature=%s' % (base_url, unsecaped, signature)
   
   def parse_options(argv):
     """Creates a parser that can evaluate commandline options."""
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='%prog [options] [-- diff_options]')
     group = parser.add_option_group('Server options')
     group.add_option('-s', '--server', dest='server',
                      metavar='SERVER', default=None,
                      help='The name of the server we connect to, '
                      'like shortlinks.example.com')
     group.add_option('-H', '--hmac', dest='hmac',
                      metavar='SECRET', default=None,
                      help='The HMAC secret that provides API access')
     group = parser.add_option_group('Available commands')
     group.add_option('--hash', '--get_or_create_hash', action='store_const',
                      const='get_or_create_hash',
                      dest='action', help='Get or create a hashed short link')
     group.add_option('--details', '--get_details', action='store_const',
                      const='get_details',
                      dest='action', help='Get the details of a short link')
     group.add_option('--create', '--get_or_create_shortlink',
                      action='store_const',
                      const='get_or_create_shortlink',
                      dest='action', help='Get or create a regular short link')
     group = parser.add_option_group('Command details')
     group.add_option('-e', '--email', dest='email',
                      metavar='EMAIL', default=None,
                      help='Email of the owner of a short link')
     group.add_option('-u', '--url', dest='url',
                      metavar='URL', default=None,
                      help='Url of a short link')
     group.add_option('-n', '--shortcut_name', dest='shortcut_name',
                      metavar='SHORTCUT_NAME', default=None,
                      help='Name of the short link')
     group.add_option('--public', '--is_public', dest='is_public',
                      action='store_true', metavar='IS_PUBLIC', default=False,
                      help='Set to create a public short link')
     group.add_option('--dryrun', dest='dryrun', action='store_true',
                      metavar='DRYRUN', default=False,
                      help='Only perform a dry run, do not submit the action')
     return parser.parse_args(argv)
   
   def main():
     options = parse_options(sys.argv[1:])[0]
     for field in ('server', 'action', 'hmac', 'email', 'url', 'shortcut_name'):
       if getattr(options, field, None) is None:
         print '%s not set' % field
         return
     request_url = make_request_uri(
         options.server,
         options.action,
         options.hmac,
         user=options.email,
         url=options.url,
         shortcut=options.shortcut_name,
         is_public=str(options.is_public).lower())
     if options.dryrun:
       print 'Request URL is %s' % request_url
     else:
       print 'Connecting to %s...' % options.server
       print '(full request url is %s )' % request_url
       response = urllib2.urlopen(request_url)
       print 'result: %s' % response.read()
   
   if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

4. Gerald
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   @skippybosco

   Cool. Thanks for the code snippet... will look into it.

   Do note that implementation will not be within these two months though.. unless time permits.

5. skippybosco
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Thanks Gerald.

   Is this a hard time limitation or would a financial contribution help bump the priority. Thinking less of a one off donation and more of a "pay for this function" type contribution.

6. Gerald
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   @skippybosco

   At this moment, it's more of a time limitation as I am busy with school related assignments.

   Is it of high priority? If it is, drop me an email at contact@fusedthought.com. I'll see I can do anything to help over the weekends...

   Thank you for considering financial contribution (even a little) as it's always appreciated as it goes to pay for textbooks or items for school :)

7. skippybosco
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Not a rush by any means. Once I get a little closer to needing it I'll follow up with you.

   Regarding financial contribution. You have talent, I have money.. at the end of the day it all balances out :-)

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