The new RubyURL API

Robby Russell — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:55:00 -0500

We’ve just deployed the initial version of an API for RubyURL. It makes it really easy to create RubyURLs and is now open to the public. Should it end up being abused, we’ll consider introducing an API KEY for authenticating and tracking abuse.

In the meantime, you can now start to use the RubyURL API.

For example, the following…


$ curl  -i \ 
        -X POST \
        -H 'Content-Type: application/xml' \
        -d '<link><website_url>http://github.com/robbyrussell</website_url></link>' \
        http://rubyurl.com/api/links  


	...would return the following response.




	I’ll be updating the ShortURL gem in the coming days (unless someone else wants to patch it first wink) to take advantage of new API, versus how it’s currently creating RubyURLs.


	You can see the code & changes for this new API on the RubyURL github site.


	Update with JSON


	I took a little time today to update the API and extend it to support JSON. So… you can now use the RubyURL API to generate RubyURLs via JSON. (see commits)




	Enjoy! If you’re using RubyURL via the new API, I’d love to hear about it. :-)

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The new RubyURL API

Update with JSON