require 'longurl/expander' module LongURL class << self # Expand given :url to a longest one. # First, expand will try to expand url using longurl.org service. # Then, it will try to direct follow redirections on the given url and returns final one. # === Options # * :cache : cache object to use, must implement [] and []= functions. # * :supported_services_only: If true, only attempts to expand URLs that are listed as supported by # LongURL.org's API. Defaults to false. # === Types # url is expected to be a String and returns a String with the url. # === Examples # # simple expands # LongURL.expand("http://tinyurl.com/1c2") # => "http://www.google.com" # LongURL.expand("http://tinyurl.com/blnhsg") # => "http://www.google.com/search?q=number+of+horns+on+a+unicorn&ie=UTF-8" # LongURL.expand("http://is.gd/iUKg") # => "http://fabien.jakimowicz.com" # # # not expandable urls # LongURL.expand("http://www.linuxfr.org") # => "http://www.linuxfr.org" # # === Exceptions # * LongURL::InvalidURL : will occurs if given url is nil, empty or invalid # * LongURL::NetworkError : a network (timeout, host could be reached, ...) error occurs # * LongURL::UnknownError : an unknown error occurs def expand(url, options = {}) @@expander ||= Expander.new( :cache => options[:cache], :supported_services_only => options[:supported_services_only] ) @@expander.expand(url) end end end