CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Pass a URL and the UDF will return a tinyurl (http://tinyurl.com).

Return Values:
Returns a String containing the tinyurl.

Example:

<cfdump var="#getTinyURL("http://cflib.org")#">

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Quick and easy way to get a tinyurl.
 
 @param theurl      The URL that you would like to convert to a tinyurl. (Required)
 @return Returns a String containing the tinyurl. 
 @author Todd Sharp (todd@cfsilence.com) 
 @version 1, October 6, 2008 
--->
<cffunction name="getTinyURL" access="public" output="false" returntype="string">
    <cfargument name="theurl" required="true" type="string" />
    <cfset var apiURL = "http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=" & URLEncodedFormat(arguments.theurl) />
    
    <cfhttp url="#apiURL#" />
    
    <cfreturn cfhttp.FileContent />
</cffunction>