unshortenit 0.1.5

Unshortens adf.ly, adfoc.us, lnx.lu, linkbucks, and any 301 redirected shortener urls

Unshortens ad-based urls and 301 redirects. Supports adf.ly, lnx.lu, linkbucks.com, and adfoc.us

Features

• Supports unshortening the following ad-based shortners:

  • Adf.ly and related subdomains (PyV8 library required)

  • Custom adf.ly domains by passing the type=’adfly’ parameter

  • Lnx.lu

  • Linkbucks.com and related subdomains

  • Adfoc.us

• Supports any 301 redirected urls

• Python 2.7 and 3.3 support

Usage

import unshortenit unshortened_uri,status = unshortenit.unshorten(’http://ul.to’)

> unshortenit.unshorten will return a tuple (unshortened_uri,status)

> unshortened_uri will contain the unshortened uri. If you pass in a non-shortener url it will return the original url. > status will contain the status code or any error messages

Installation

pip install unshortenit

In order to enable adf.ly support you will need to install the PyV8 library. This will need to be compiled from source.

#### Python 2.7 PyV8 Instructions:

sudo apt-get install gyp subversion build-essential libboost-python-dev python2.7-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev> svn checkout http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ v8 svn checkout http://pyv8.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyv8-read-only cd v8 make dependencies cd .. cd pyv8-read-only V8_HOME=/path/to/v8 python2.7 setup.py build * This will not work inside a virtualenv. Make sure to deactivate your virtualenv first. python2.7 setup.py install * You can run this inside your virtualenv to install it.

#### Python 3.3 PyV8 Instructions:

sudo apt-get install gyp subversion build-essential libboost-python-dev python3.3-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev svn checkout http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ v8 svn checkout http://pyv8.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyv8-read-only cd v8 make dependencies cd .. cd pyv8-read-only sed -i.bak s/'boost_python'/'boost_python-py33'/ setup.py V8_HOME=/path/to/v8 python3.3 setup.py build * This will not work inside a virtualenv. Make sure to deactivate your virtualenv first. python3.3 setup.py install * You can run this inside your virtualenv to install it.

History

0.1.0 (2013-10-08)

• First release.

0.1.1 (2013-10-11)

• Added support for custom adf.ly domains via the type=’adfly’ variable.

0.1.2 (2013-10-11)

• Fixed bug with t.co not working.

0.1.3 (2013-10-11)

• Added a timeout parameter

0.1.4 (2013-10-12)

• Added support for p.ost.im.

• Fixed blocking issue with direct links to file downloads

0.1.5 (2014-02-01)

• Fixed adfoc.us issues resulting from changes to their site

• Fixed linkbucks.com issues resulting from changes to their site