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yuseferi/google-shortly-php
===========================

A PHP library to generate shortened URL through The Google Shortener API

v1.0(6y ago)04MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0CI failing

Since Mar 13Pushed 6y ago1 watchersCompare

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Php Google Shortner Url
=======================

[](#php-google-shortner-url)

A PHP5 library to generate shortened URL through The Google URL Shortener API.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Using an Google API key is highly recommended. To acquire an API key follow [the instructions](https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting_started#APIKey).

### Shorten URL

[](#shorten-url)

Shorten a long URL using The Google URL Shortener API

```
try {
    $googShort = new \yuseferi\GoogShortly('YOUR_GOOGLE_API');
    echo $googShort->shorten('http://yuseferi.com');
} catch (\yuseferi\GoogShortlyException $e) {
    printf('Error (%d): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage());
}
```

### Expand URL

[](#expand-url)

Expand a short URL using The Google URL Shortener API

```
try {
    $googShort = new \yuseferi\GoogShortly('YOUR_GOOGLE_API');
    echo $googShort->expand('http://goo.gl/KkZ8');
} catch (\yuseferi\GoogShortlyException $e) {
    printf('Error (%d): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage());
}
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

### Via composer:

[](#via-composer)

```
$ composer require yuseferi/google-shortly-php
```

### Without composer

[](#without-composer)

Clone the project using `git clone https://github.com/yuseferi/google-shortly-php/`and include the source file with `require_once("google-shortly-php/src/GoogShortly.php");`

Test
----

[](#test)

First install the dependencies, and after you can run:

```
GOOGLE_API=YOUR_GOOGLE_API vendor/bin/phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the MIT license:

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

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 ~349 days

Total

4

Last Release

2305d ago

Major Versions

0.1.2 → v1.02020-01-25

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7b14bd531ff132808fda9211617694b92711f10796730c92a23691fe525ba203?d=identicon)[yuseferi](/maintainers/yuseferi)

---

Top Contributors

[![yuseferi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1736832?v=4)](https://github.com/yuseferi "yuseferi (1 commits)")

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Tags

short urlphp-shortenergoogle-short-url-phpshortener-php

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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