Command-line bit.ly URL generator (Python)

bitly.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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# I made only two changes at the very end, so that it by default returns simply a short url and nothing more.

import urllib,urllib2
import urlparse
import string
import sys
try:
   import simplejson
except ImportError:
   import json as simplejson

# Register an account at bit.ly and then copy your username and key from here:
# http://bit.ly/a/account

API_USERNAME = ''
API_KEY = ''

BITLY_BASE_URL = "http://api.bit.ly/"
BITLY_API_VERSION = "2.0.1"

VERBS_PARAM = {
         'shorten':'longUrl',
         'expand':'shortUrl',
         'info':'shortUrl',
         'stats':'shortUrl',
         'errors':'',
}

class BitlyError(Exception):
  '''Base class for bitly errors'''

  @property
  def message(self):
    '''Returns the first argument used to construct this error.'''
    return self.args[0]

class Api(object):
    """ API class for bit.ly """
    def __init__(self, login, apikey):
        self.login = login
        self.apikey = apikey
        self._urllib = urllib2
   
    def shorten(self,longURLs,params={}):
        """                                                   
            Takes either:                                     
            A long URL string and returns shortened URL string
            Or a list of long URL strings and returns a list of shortened URL strings.
        """
        want_result_list = True
        if not isinstance(longURLs, list):
            longURLs = [longURLs]
            want_result_list = False

        for index,url in enumerate(longURLs):
            if not '://' in url:
                longURLs[index] = "http://" + url

        request = self._getURL("shorten",longURLs,params)
        result = self._fetchUrl(request)
        json = simplejson.loads(result)
        self._CheckForError(json)

        results = json['results']
        res = [self._extract_short_url(results[url]) for url in longURLs]

        if want_result_list:
            return res
        else:
            return res[0]
   
    def _extract_short_url(self,item):
        if item['shortKeywordUrl'] == "":
            return item['shortUrl']
        else:
            return item['shortKeywordUrl']
   
    def expand(self,shortURL,params={}):
        """ Given a bit.ly url or hash, return long source url """
        request = self._getURL("expand",shortURL,params)
        result = self._fetchUrl(request)
        json = simplejson.loads(result)
        self._CheckForError(json)
        return json['results'][string.split(shortURL, '/')[-1]]['longUrl']
   
    def info(self,shortURL,params={}):
        """
        Given a bit.ly url or hash,
        return information about that page,
        such as the long source url
        """
        request = self._getURL("info",shortURL,params)
        result = self._fetchUrl(request)
        json = simplejson.loads(result)
        self._CheckForError(json)
        return json['results'][string.split(shortURL, '/')[-1]]
   
    def stats(self,shortURL,params={}):
        """ Given a bit.ly url or hash, return traffic and referrer data.  """
        request = self._getURL("stats",shortURL,params)
        result = self._fetchUrl(request)
        json = simplejson.loads(result)
        self._CheckForError(json)                             
        return Stats.NewFromJsonDict(json['results'])

    def errors(self,params={}):
        """ Get a list of bit.ly API error codes. """
        request = self._getURL("errors","",params)
        result = self._fetchUrl(request)
        json = simplejson.loads(result)
        self._CheckForError(json)
        return json['results']
   
    def setUrllib(self, urllib):
        '''Override the default urllib implementation.

        Args:
          urllib: an instance that supports the same API as the urllib2 module
        '''
        self._urllib = urllib
   
    def _getURL(self,verb,paramVal,more_params={}):
        if not isinstance(paramVal, list):
            paramVal = [paramVal]

        params = {
                  'version':BITLY_API_VERSION,
                  'format':'json',
                  'login':self.login,
                  'apiKey':self.apikey,
            }
       
        params.update(more_params)
        params = params.items()

        verbParam = VERBS_PARAM[verb]
        if verbParam:
            for val in paramVal:
                params.append(( verbParam,val ))

        encoded_params = urllib.urlencode(params)
        return "%s%s?%s" % (BITLY_BASE_URL,verb,encoded_params)
   
    def _fetchUrl(self,url):
        '''Fetch a URL

        Args:
          url: The URL to retrieve

        Returns:
          A string containing the body of the response.
        '''
       
        # Open and return the URL
        url_data = self._urllib.urlopen(url).read()
        return url_data
   
    def _CheckForError(self, data):
        """Raises a BitlyError if bitly returns an error message.

        Args:                                                 
          data: A python dict created from the bitly json response
        Raises:
          BitlyError wrapping the bitly error message if one exists.
        """
        # bitly errors are relatively unlikely, so it is faster
        # to check first, rather than try and catch the exception
        if 'ERROR' in data or data['statusCode'] == 'ERROR':
            raise BitlyError, data['errorMessage']
        for key in data['results']:
            if type(data['results']) is dict and type(data['results'][key]) is dict:           
                if 'statusCode' in data['results'][key] and data['results'][key]['statusCode'] == 'ERROR':
                    raise BitlyError, data['results'][key]['errorMessage']

class Stats(object):
    '''A class representing the Statistics returned by the bitly api.

    The Stats structure exposes the following properties:
    status.user_clicks # read only
    status.clicks # read only
    '''
   
    def __init__(self,user_clicks=None,total_clicks=None):
        self.user_clicks = user_clicks
        self.total_clicks = total_clicks
   
    @staticmethod
    def NewFromJsonDict(data):
        '''Create a new instance based on a JSON dict.

        Args:
          data: A JSON dict, as converted from the JSON in the bitly API
        Returns:
          A bitly.Stats instance
        '''
        return Stats(user_clicks=data.get('userClicks', None),
                      total_clicks=data.get('clicks', None))

def main(argv):
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print "Usage: bitly.py '[url]'"
        return 1
    if not API_USERNAME or not API_KEY:
        print 'API_USERNAME and API_KEY must be set.'
        return 1
   
    shortUrl = Api(login=API_USERNAME, apikey=API_KEY).shorten(sys.argv[1])
    print shortUrl
    return 0

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))

runbitly.bat

@echo off
REM This is for Windows users.
REM Name this BITLY.BAT
REM Use it by typing BITLY.BAT LONGURLGOESHERE
REM %1 is your long url
REM I don't have a windows machine running to check this right now, so if it doesn't work
REM try running it with TYPING the long url instead;  that will tell you if it's a problem
REM with the variable.
REM clip refers to the program at http://bit.ly/OXD2l3


curl -s --data "login=YOURUSERNAME&apiKey=YOURAPIKEY&longUrl=%1&format=txt" http://api.bitly.com/v3/shorten | clip

runbitly.py

    #!/bin/bash
    # this wrapper simply uses bitly.py and clip to put it back on the clipboard for the browser...
    # *nix and OSX - set the permissions to execute for this file.  I call it runbitly
    # OSX folks, change xsel to whatever pbclip needs
     
    python /path/to/script/bitly.py "$1" | xsel -i -b
     
    #REM WINDOWS PEOPLE ERASE EVERYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE AND ALL # MARKS THROUGHOUT
    #REM Call it cmdbitly.bat
    #@ECHO OFF
    #python c:\path\to\file\bitly.py "%1" | clip

runbitly.sh

#!/bin/bash
#Using CURL to access the bitly api
#Should be good for *nix and osX (though probably with a different clipboard)

shorturl=$(curl -s --data "login=YOURLOGIN&apiKey=YOURAPIKEY&longUrl=$1&format=txt" http://api.bitly.com/v3/shorten)
echo "$shorturl" | xsel -b -i
xsel -o