Short Link package for Laravel 5.5

To install, run the following in your project directory:

$ composer require div-art/shortlink

Then in config/app.php add the following to the providers array:

\DivArt\ShortLink\ShortLinkServiceProvider::class,

Also in config/app.php, add the Facade class to the aliases array:

'ShortLink' => \DivArt\ShortLink\Facades\ShortLink::class,

To publish ShortLink's configuration file, run the following vendor:publish command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="DivArt\ShortLink\ShortLinkServiceProvider"

This will create a shortlink.php in your config directory. Here you must enter your Shortener URL API Key.

Be sure to include the namespace for the class wherever you plan to use this library

use DivArt\ShortLink\Facades\ShortLink;

To shorten a URL:

$url = "https://www.google.com";

ShortLink::google($url);

// return https://goo.gl/Njku

To get stats of clicks on shortened URL:

$url = https://goo.gl/Njku;

ShortLink::clicks($url);

ShortLink::google(); // return shortener url like goo.gl/XXXXXX

ShortLink::bitly(); // return shortener url like bit.ly/XXXXXX

ShortLink::rebrandly(); // return shortener url like rebrand.ly/XXXXXX

ShortLink::clicks(); // return count of clicks on a shortener url

ShortLink::expand(); // return long url

goo.gl

bit.ly

rebrand.ly

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.