Here’s a little class I wrote this weekend to support URL shortening using the is.gd service.

I hope someone finds it useful.

//
//  URLShortener.h
//
//  Created by Michael Pelz-Sherman on 5/15/09.
//

#import 

@interface URLShortener : NSObject {}

+ (NSString *)shortURL:(NSString *)longURL;

@end

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//
//  URLShortener.m
//  Creates a short URL from a long URL using the is.gd API.
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//  Created by Michael Pelz-Sherman on 5/15/09.
//

#import "URLShortener.h"

@implementation URLShortener	

+ (NSString *)shortURL:(NSString *)longURL {
	NSURL *apiURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=%@",longURL]];
	NSError *error = nil;
	NSString *result = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:apiURL encoding:NSISOLatin2StringEncoding error:&error];
	if (error != nil) {
		NSLog([error description]);
		return nil;
	} else {
		return result;
	}
}	
	

@end