unshortenit 0.2.3

Unshortens adf.ly, sh.st, and any 301 redirected shortener urls

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

• Linkbucks.com and adfoc.us support temporarly removed.

Features

• Supports unshortening the following ad-based shortners:

  • Adf.ly and related subdomains

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

  • Sh.st

• Supports any 301 redirected urls

• Python 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4 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

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

0.2.1 (2014-05-18)

• Removed tests for linkbucks.com and adfoc.us. Support has been temporarly removed.

• Merged Debian Python 3.2 fix by anaconda

0.2.2 (2014-07-28)

• Removed lnx.lu as site is out of service

0.2.3 (2015-11-13)

• Fixed sh.st support