---
name: "WWW::Shorten::BabyURL"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwww-shorten-perl"
version: "1.88-3"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WWW::Shorten::BabyURL"
---

# WWW::Shorten::BabyURL(3pm)

WWW::Shorten::BabyURL - Perl interface to BabyURL.com

```
  use WWW::Shorten 'BabyURL';
```

```
  $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
```

```
  $long_url  = makealongerlink($short_url);
  $long_url  = makealongerlink($nickname);
```

A Perl interface to the web site BabyURL.com.  BabyURL.com simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier. The function `"makeashorterlink"` will call the BabyURL.com web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter (BabyURL) version. The function `"makealongerlink"` does the reverse. `"makealongerlink"` will accept as an argument either the full BabyURL URL or just the BabyURL identifier/nickname. If anything goes wrong, then either function will return `"undef"`. Multiple submissions of the same URL will result in the same code being returned.\
 **EXPORT** makeashorterlink, makealongerlink See the main WWW::Shorten docs. Iain Truskett \<spoon@cpan.org\> WWW::Shorten, perl, \<http://BabyURL.com/\>