_                _
 ___| |__   ___  _ __| |_ _   _ 
/ __| '_ \ / _ \| '__| __| | | |
\__ \ | | | (_) | |  | |_| |_| |
|___/_| |_|\___/|_|   \__|\__, |
                           __/ |
                          |___/ 

Access many URL shortening services from one library.

Supported URL shortening services for shrinking long urls:
    sandbox (stored locally in memory for testing)
    tinyurl.com
    tr.im
    urlborg.com
    bit.ly
    is.gd
    cli.gs
    twurl.nl (tweetburner)
    digg.com
    a.gd
    buk.me
    fon.gs
    fwd4.me
    chilp.it

Shorty can expand any url service by getting the redirect
location by requesting the tiny url.

See example.py for a demo of using this library.

Language: Python
Website: http://gitorious.org/shorty
Repository: git://gitorious.org/shorty/python.git
Requirements:
    Python 2.4+
    Simplejson (not required in python 2.6+)

Install:
    Simply include the shorty.py module in your python path.
    If using a version of python before 2.6 you will also need
    to have simplejson installed.