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Shorten clipboard URL using Lessn and TextExpander
-- CONFIGURATION OPTIONS BEGIN
set the yourLessnUrl to "http://yoursite.com/lessn/"
set the yourApiKey to "dsfdasfsadfsdfsadfsdfadsfsdfasdfsadfasdf"
-- CONFIGURATION OPTIONS END
set the LessnURL to (the clipboard as string)
ignoring case
if ((characters 1 through 7 of LessnURL as string) is not "http://") then
return "Malformed URL."
else
set the EncodedLessnURL to urlencode(LessnURL) of me
set curlCMD to "curl --stderr /dev/null \"" & yourLessnUrl & "-/?url=" & EncodedLessnURL & "&api=" & yourApiKey & "\""
-- Run the script and get the result:
set tinyURL to (do shell script curlCMD)
return tinyURL
end if
end ignoring
on urlencode(theText)
set theTextEnc to ""
repeat with eachChar in characters of theText
set useChar to eachChar
set eachCharNum to ASCII number of eachChar
if eachCharNum = 32 then
set useChar to "+"
else if (eachCharNum ≠ 42) and (eachCharNum ≠ 95) and (eachCharNum < 45 or eachCharNum > 46) and (eachCharNum < 48 or eachCharNum > 57) and (eachCharNum < 65 or eachCharNum > 90) and (eachCharNum < 97 or eachCharNum > 122) then
set firstDig to round (eachCharNum / 16) rounding down
set secondDig to eachCharNum mod 16
if firstDig > 9 then
set aNum to firstDig + 55
set firstDig to ASCII character aNum
end if
if secondDig > 9 then
set aNum to secondDig + 55
set secondDig to ASCII character aNum
end if
set numHex to ("%" & (firstDig as string) & (secondDig as string)) as string
set useChar to numHex
end if
set theTextEnc to theTextEnc & useChar as string
end repeat
return theTextEnc
end urlencode
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