unshortenit 0.2.0

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

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

Features

• Supports unshortening the following ad-based shortners:

  • Adf.ly and related subdomains

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

  • Lnx.lu

  • Linkbucks.com and related subdomains (Selenium library with PhantomJS required)

  • Adfoc.us

  • Sh.st

• 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 linkbucks.com support you will need to install selenium along with PhantomJS.

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

0.1.6 (2014-02-01)

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

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

0.1.7 (2014-02-03)

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

0.1.8 (2014-02-04)

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

0.1.9 (2014-02-08)

• Switched linkbucks.com to use selenium PhantomJS driver due to ongoing challenges with their site

0.2.0 (2014-02-25)

• Removed PyV8 requirement for adf.ly

• Added ay.gy domain for adf.ly regex

• Added sh.st support