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badams/google-url
=================

PHP implementation of Googles URL shortener API

1.0.2(9y ago)3981[1 issues](https://github.com/badams/google-url/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jul 27Pushed 9y agoCompare

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GoogleUrl
=========

[](#googleurl)

#### An easy to use PHP implementation of [Google's URL Shortener API](https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/)

[](#an-easy-to-use-php-implementation-of-googles-url-shortener-api)

This project aims provide an easy to use implementation of the Google URL shortener API for PHP developers.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install `badams/google-url` using Composer.

```
$ composer require badams/google-url
```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
use badams\GoogleUrl\GoogleUrl;

$url = new GoogleUrl('YOUR_API_KEY_HERE');

// Shorten
echo $url->shorten('https://github.com')->id;
> https://goo.gl/un5E

// Expand
echo $url->expand($short->id)->longUrl;
> https://github.com;
```

License
-------

[](#license)

GoogleUrl is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License (MIT). Please see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~10 days

Total

3

Last Release

3605d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![badams](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/340715?v=4)](https://github.com/badams "badams (21 commits)")

---

Tags

urlgoogleshortenershort

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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