bitly commandline shortener

bitly.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import traceback, sys
import bitly_api
from Tkinter import Tk
import tkMessageBox

access_token = ''

r = Tk()

def main():
    short_url = None
    r.withdraw()
    try:
        c = bitly_api.Connection(access_token=access_token)
        result = c.shorten(to_unicode(sys.argv[1]))
        short_url = result['url']
        set_clipboard(short_url)
        tkMessageBox.showinfo(title='Success', message='copied to clipboard: {}'.format(short_url))
    except:
        tkMessageBox.showerror(title='Error', message=traceback.format_exc())
    finally:
        r.destroy()

def to_unicode(s):
    if type(s) == unicode:
        return s
    try: 
        return s.decode('utf-8')
    except:
        return s.decode('mbcs')

def set_clipboard(line):
    line = to_unicode(line)
    r.clipboard_clear()
    r.clipboard_append(line)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()