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abstractrs/url-shortener
========================

Url Shortener for Laravel 5 with support for Google and Bitly drivers.

2.0.1(6y ago)046MITPHP

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Laravel 5 url shortener
=======================

[](#laravel-5-url-shortener)

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

URL shortener package that gives a convenient Laravel Facade for [mremi/UrlShortener](https://github.com/mremi/UrlShortener)

Laravel compatibility
---------------------

[](#laravel-compatibility)

Laraveltranslation5.1.x1.0.x5.2.x1.0.1 and higher5.5.x1.0.7 and higher5.8.x2.0 and higherInstallation and Setup
----------------------

[](#installation-and-setup)

Require through composer

```
composer require abstractrs/url-shortener

```

Or manually edit your composer.json file:

```
"require": {
    abstractrs/url-shortener": "^2.0"
}

```

In config/app.php, add the following entry to the end of the providers array:

```
Abstractrs\UrlShortener\UrlShortenerServiceProvider::class,

```

And the following alias:

```
'UrlShortener' => Abstractrs\UrlShortener\Facades\UrlShortener::class,

```

Publish the configuration file, the form view and the language entries:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Abstractrs\UrlShortener\UrlShortenerServiceProvider"

```

Check the config files for the environment variables you need to set for the selected driver.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Shorten a url

[](#shorten-a-url)

```
```php
\UrlShortener::shorten('http://google.com'); // Uses default driver as per config settings
\UrlShortener::driver('bitly')->shorten('http://google.com');
```

```

### Expand a url

[](#expand-a-url)

```
```php
\UrlShortener::expand('http://google.com'); // Uses default driver as per config settings
\UrlShortener::driver('bitly')->expand('http://google.com');
```

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~94 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

14

Last Release

2553d ago

Major Versions

1.0.11 → 2.02019-05-16

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2887620?v=4)[Mikica Ivosevic](/maintainers/mikicaivosevic)[@mikicaivosevic](https://github.com/mikicaivosevic)

---

Top Contributors

[![sildraug](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/767887?v=4)](https://github.com/sildraug "sildraug (2 commits)")[![abstractmikica](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34841091?v=4)](https://github.com/abstractmikica "abstractmikica (1 commits)")[![MauroB45](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7325571?v=4)](https://github.com/MauroB45 "MauroB45 (1 commits)")

---

Tags

urllaravelshortenerurl shortenerwaaviurl short

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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