using curl for bit.ly?

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

 

I am trying to shorten my link using bit.ly API. If someone has idea of using curl and using this API, please let me know

 

$host = "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=http://www.ideatoceo.com";
var_dump($host);

 

I am not properly calling the API or not using curl...please help

[oni-kun]

You don't need curl.. but you're not even pulling the data from it.

$url = file_get_contents('http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=http://www.ideatoceo.com');
json_decode($url); //Or whatever API specifies..

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

I am getting "parse" error while using this code

 

<?php
$longurl = "http://advertise.ideatoceo.com";
public function get_bitly_shorturl($longurl) {  //getting parse error here
        $url = "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?" . 
            "version=2.0.1&login=XXXX&apiKey=XXXX" . 
            "&format=json&history=1" . 
            "&longUrl=".urlencode($longurl); 
        $page = file_get_contents($url); 
        $result = json_decode($page); 
        return $result->{'results'}->{$longurl}->{'shortUrl'}; 
    } 
?>

[salathe]

The visibility keywords (public in your code) are only available within class definitions, not for functions.

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

I removed public but there is no output.

 

<?php
$longurl = "http://advertise.ideatoceo.com";
function get_bitly_shorturl($longurl) {  //getting parse error here
        $url = "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?" . 
            "version=2.0.1&login=XXXX&apiKey=XXXX" . 
            "&format=json&history=1" . 
            "&longUrl=".urlencode($longurl); 
        $page = file_get_contents($url); 
        $result = json_decode($page); 
        return $result->{'results'}->{$longurl}->{'shortUrl'}; 
    } 
?>

 

[salathe]

You're not calling the function.

[oni-kun]

I removed public but there is no output.

 

<?php
$longurl = "http://advertise.ideatoceo.com";
function get_bitly_shorturl($longurl) {  //getting parse error here
        $url = "http://api.bit.ly/shorten?" . 
            "version=2.0.1&login=XXXX&apiKey=XXXX" . 
            "&format=json&history=1" . 
            "&longUrl=".urlencode($longurl); 
        $page = file_get_contents($url); 
        $result = json_decode($page); 
        return $result->{'results'}->{$longurl}->{'shortUrl'}; 
    } 

echo get_bitly_shorturl($longurl); //Done!
?>

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

Thanks !!