gde_get_short_url

Shorten ("mask") the URL to the embedded file.

Description

(string) gde_get_short_url( $u ); 

Returns (string)

Short url response from API call, or false on error

Parameters (1)

0. $u
The u.

Usage

  1. if ( !function_exists( 'gde_get_short_url' ) ) { 
  2.     require_once ABSPATH . PLUGINDIR . 'google-doc-embedder/functions.php'; 
  3. } 
  4.   
  5. // The u. 
  6. $u = null; 
  7.   
  8. // NOTICE! Understand what this does before running. 
  9. $result = gde_get_short_url($u); 
  10.     

Defined (1)

The function is defined in the following location(s).

/functions.php  
  1. function gde_get_short_url( $u ) { 
  2.     $u = urlencode( $u ); 
  3.     $service[] = "http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=" . $u; 
  4.     $service[] = "http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=" . $u; 
  5.      
  6.     foreach ( $service as $url ) { 
  7.         $passed = false; 
  8.         $response = wp_remote_get( $url ); 
  9.         if ( is_wp_error( $response ) || empty ( $response['body'] ) ) { 
  10.             continue; 
  11.         } else { 
  12.             // check for rate limit exceeded or othererrorresponse 
  13.             if ( ! gde_valid_link( $response['body'] ) ) { 
  14.                 continue; 
  15.             } else { 
  16.                 $passed = true; 
  17.                 break; 
  18.             } 
  19.         } 
  20.     } 
  21.      
  22.     if ( $passed ) { 
  23.         return $response['body']; 
  24.     } else { 
  25.         // can't shorten - return original URL 
  26.         gde_dx_log("Shorten URL failed: " . urldecode( $u )); 
  27.         return urldecode( $u ); 
  28.     } 
  29. }