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shortener/shorty
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Google Url Shortener API Package for Laravel 5.1

2.1(8y ago)0112MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Shorty
======

[](#shorty)

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Google Url Shortener API Package for Laravel 5.\*. Library to shorten URLs, expand URLs, and get stats for shortened URLs. e.g. **goo.gl/XXXXX**

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

[](#installation)

To install, run the following in your project directory

```
$ composer require mbarwick83/shorty
```

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

```
Mbarwick83\Shorty\ShortyServiceProvider::class

```

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

```
'Shorty'    => Mbarwick83\Shorty\Facades\Shorty::class

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

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

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Mbarwick83\Shorty\ShortyServiceProvider"

```

This will create a shorty.php in your config directory. Here you **must** enter your Google Shortener URL API Key. Get an API key at [https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting\_started#APIKey](https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting_started#APIKey).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

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

```
use Mbarwick83\Shorty\Facades\Shorty;

```

\#####To shorten a URL:

```
$url = "http://google.com";

Shorty::shorten($url);

// returns, http://goo.gl/XXXXX
```

\#####To expand a shortened URL:

```
$url = "http://goo.gl/XXXXX";

Shorty::expand($url);

// returns, http://google.com
```

\#####To get stats on shortened URL:

```
$url = "http://goo.gl/XXXXX";

Shorty::stats($url);
```

*If successful, stats response will return:*

```
{
 "kind": "urlshortener#url",
 "id": "http://goo.gl/fbsS",
 "longUrl": "http://www.google.com/",
 "status": "OK",
 "created": "2009-12-13T07:22:55.000+00:00",
 "analytics": {
  "allTime": {
   "shortUrlClicks": "3227",
   "longUrlClicks": "9358",
   "referrers": [ { "count": "2160", "id": "Unknown/empty" } /* , ... */ ],
   "countries": [ { "count": "1022", "id": "US" } /* , ... */ ],
   "browsers": [ { "count": "1025", "id": "Firefox" } /* , ... */ ],
   "platforms": [ { "count": "2278", "id": "Windows" } /* , ... */ ]
  },
  "month": { /* ... */ },
  "week": { /* ... */ },
  "day": { /* ... */ },
  "twoHours": { /* ... */ }
 }
}

```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email :author\_email instead of using the issue tracker.

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 74.1% 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 ~103 days

Recently: every ~119 days

Total

9

Last Release

2994d ago

Major Versions

1.0.6 → 2.02017-11-02

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f326b41680b52fbe6c84abc7dc37208f2919b3269896074c73b4a8b8d40f7b75?d=identicon)[wardan](/maintainers/wardan)

---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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