Elongate -- Expand shortened urls
Install globally
npm install -g elongate
Or locally for use as a library:
npm install elongate
Or from source:
git clone git://github.com/colinscape/elongate.git cd elongate npm link
Super simple to use
If you installed it globally:
$ elongate http://bit.ly/TAA2AL
If installed as a library:
elongate = require 'elongate' elongate 'http://bit.ly/TAA2AL', (err, destination_url) -> console.log "Destination log is #{destination_url}"
or for the full redirect chain:
elongate = require 'elongate' elongate 'http://bit.ly/TAA2AL', (err, destination_url, all_urls) -> console.log intermediate_url for intermediate_url in all_urls
Or, as JavaScript:
var elongate = require('elongate') elongate('http://bit.ly/TAA2AL', function(err, destination_url) { console.log('Destination url is ' + destination_url); });
var elongate = require('elongate') elongate('http://bit.ly/TAA2AL', function(err, destination_url, all_urls) { for (var i=0; i < all_urls.length; ++i) { console.log(all_urls[i]); } });