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Created December 6, 2016 20:23
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// load all dependencies
var request = require('request');
var async = require('async');
var urlExpander = require('expand-url');
// add your own array of links here
var data = [ "http://bzfd.it/2g6Kraz", "http://bzfd.it/2ghsm88"
]
var counter=0;
var q = async.queue(function (shortUrl, callback) {
// expander function
urlExpander.expand(shortUrl, function(err, longUrl){
counter++;
// log the short url and the expanded url in the console
console.log(shortUrl + "," + longUrl);
callback();
});
}, 100);
// runs the expander function for each data point
var i = 0;
while (i< data.length){
q.push(data[i], function (err) {
});
i++;
}
// tells you in your console when you're done
q.drain = function() {
console.log(counter);
console.log('all urls have been processed');
}
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