How to use Request with the Google URL Shortener API.

google-url-shortener.js

const request = require('request');

const GOOGLE_API_KEY = 'your api key'; // from https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials
const urlToShorten = 'http://www.thelongurltoshorten.com';
const shortenerUrl = `https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?key=${GOOGLE_API_KEY}`;

const options = {
  uri: shortenerUrl,
  json: {
    longUrl: urlToShorten
  }
};

request.post(options, (error, response, body) => {
  if (body.error) {
    console.log(body.error);
  } else if (response.statusCode === 200) {
    console.log(body);
  }
});