---
name: "WWW::Shorten::NotLong"
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::NotLong"
---

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

WWW::Shorten::NotLong - Perl interface to notlong.com

```
  use WWW::Shorten 'NotLong';
```

```
  $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
  $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url, nickname => $nickname);
  ($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url);
  ($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url, nickname => $nickname);
```

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

A Perl interface to the web site notlong.com.  Notlong.com simply maintains a database of long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier. The function `"makeashorterlink"` will call the notlong.com web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter (notlong) version. If used in a list context, then it will return both the notlong URL and the password. If you pass a nickname, the notlong service will use your provided (alpha-numeric) string as the unique identifier, provided that it has not already been assigned previously. The function `"makealongerlink"` does the reverse. `"makealongerlink"` will accept as an argument either the full notlong URL or just the notlong identifier/nickname. If anything goes wrong, then either function will return `"undef"`. Note that notlong.com, unlike TinyURL and MakeAShorterLink, returns a unique code for every submission.\
 **EXPORT** makeashorterlink, makealongerlink See the main WWW::Shorten docs. Eric Hammond \<ehammond@thinksome.com\> Based almost entirely on WWW::Shorten::Shorl by Iain Truskett \<spoon@cpan.org\> which was based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross \<dave@dave.org.uk\> WWW::Shorten, perl, \<http://notlong.com/\>