Short Url

GetShortUrl

        private ShortUrlResponse GetShortUrl(ShortUrlRequest shortUrlRequest)
        {
            var postString = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(shortUrlRequest);
            ShortUrlResponse response = null;
            var urlpath = "https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?key=" + ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ShortUrlKey"];
            var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(urlpath);

            httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
            httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";

            var requestWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream());
            requestWriter.Write(postString);
            requestWriter.Close();

            var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
            {
                var responseText = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
                response = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ShortUrlResponse>(responseText);
            }

            return response;
        }

ShortUrlRequest

 public class ShortUrlRequest
    {
        public string longUrl { get; set; }
    }

ShortUrlResponse

 public class ShortUrlResponse
    {
        public string id { get; set; }
        public string kind { get; set; }
        public string longUrl { get; set; }
    }