https://github.com/necraul/lain.la-link-shortener

URL Shortener using s.lain.la API
https://github.com/necraul/lain.la-link-shortener

lain python python3 requests shortener url-shortener

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URL Shortener using s.lain.la API

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/necraul/lain.la-link-shortener
• Owner: NecRaul
• License: lgpl-2.1
• Created: 2023-08-29T00:01:00.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-24T10:18:12.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-26T00:07:48.352Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: lain, python, python3, requests, shortener, url-shortener
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/lain-shorten/
• Size: 30.3 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# lain.la-link-shortener

URL Shortener using s.lain.la API.

## Requirements

`requests` is used to send the API request.

`pyperclip` is used to copy the link to the clipboard.

If you want to build this on your own, you can install the requirements with

```Python

pip install -r requirements.txt

```

or install the package by running

```Python

pip install lain-shorten

```

Python's native `re` (used to check validity of the url), `argparse` (parse return request and set command argument) and `setuptools` (used to build the script) packages are also used.

## How it works

`s.lain.la` can shorten URLs using curl. I tend to forget the curl syntax and arguments quite easily, so I made a Python package to streamline things. Below is the aforementioned curl command.

```curl

curl -X POST -d 'url=https://yoururlhere.com' https://s.lain.la

```

I just wrapped it inside Python and added validation to check for links and copied the return address to clipboard for ease of use.

You can run the script with

```Python

lain-shorten 

```

I added support for links not starting with http/https as well.