Google URL Shortener

--- This will take a url on your clipboard, and use google to shorten it
--- create a new text expander item, set to applescript and paste this in.

--- set your google developer api key :
set myKey to "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

set the ClipURL to (the clipboard as string)

ignoring case
    if ((characters 1 through 4 of ClipURL as string) is not "http") then
        return "Malformed URL."
    else
        set curlCMD to ¬
            "curl -sX POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' -H 'User-Agent: gzip' -d '{\"longUrl\": \"" & ClipURL & "\" }' 'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?fields=id&key=" & MyKey & "' --compressed"

        -- Run the script and get the result:
        set grepCMD to "grep -o '://goo.gl[^\"]*'"
        set forecast to do shell script curlCMD & " | " & grepCMD
        set forecast to "https" & forecast

        return forecast
    end if
end ignoring