urlshorten.py

urlshorten.py

# coding: utf-8
# For Pythonista iOS app
# Bookmarklet:
# javascript:window.location.href='pythonista://urlshorten?action=run&argv='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);

import appex
import bitly_api
import clipboard
import sys

shortener = bitly_api.Connection(access_token='YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE')

if appex.is_running_extension():
    url = appex.get_url()
elif len(sys.argv) > 1:
    url = sys.argv[1]
else:
    url = clipboard.get()

try:
    shorturl = shortener.shorten(url)[u'url']
except:
    print('There was an error!')
    sys.exit(1)
    
print 'Shortened URL is ', shorturl
clipboard.set(shorturl)
print 'New URL copied to clipboard.'