CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
Reverses a URL shortened by Google's URL Shortening service.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfset sampleURL = "http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2011/1/10/jQuery-based-example-of-simple-shopping-cart-UI">
<cfset test = googleURLShorten(sampleURL)>
<cfoutput>
I shorteneded #sampleURL# to #test#.<br/>
</cfoutput>

<cfset reversed = googleURLExpand(test)>
<cfoutput>
I expanded it to #reversed#.
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 Reverses a URL shortened by Google's URL Shortening service.
 
 @param url      Shortened URL to expand. (Required)
 @return Returns a string. 
 @author Raymond Camden (ray@camdenfamily.com) 
 @version 1, January 13, 2011 
--->
<cffunction name="googleURLExpand" output="false" returnType="string">
    <cfargument name="url" type="string" required="true">
    <cfset var httpResult = "">
    <cfset var result = "">

    <cfhttp url="https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?shortUrl=#urlEncodedFormat(arguments.url)#" method="get" result="httpResult"></cfhttp>

    <cfset result = httpResult.filecontent.toString()>
    <cfreturn deserializeJSON(result).longUrl>
</cffunction>