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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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