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Easy "tinyurl" for OPML Editor users

Easy "tinyurl" for OPML Editor users by scriptingnews.
A script for the "custom" menu in the OPML Editor. If you want a tiny url, put it on the clipboard and run this script. It calls tinyurl.com as a web service, and tiny-izes it. I added this as a command to my custom menu a few weeks ago, and I use it all time. Note: Also should work in Radio or Frontier, but you have to get the glue for tinyUrl installed. Post a comment here if you want a pointer. 

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scriptingnews  Pro User  says:

Here's the actual text of the script.

local (url = clipboard.getvalue (stringtype));
url = tinyurl.create (url);
msg (url); //show the url in the About window
clipboard.putvalue (url)

Copy/paste should work if you open user.menus.customMenu.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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scriptingnews  Pro User  says:

Observation: Maybe I'm using Flickr too much?

It's kind of too easy -- my tools are getting really good, thanks to their API which is really complete.
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donovanwatts  Pro User  says:

Thanks for this Dave. I'll definitely install it.
Any chance of using a different URL shortening service like Metamark.net since tinyURL doesn't play nice with OPML blog permalink URLs.
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sabadashus says:

"Too much!?! Too much!?!"

Dave, you never to anything "too much,."

I like the look of this. Very pro. Very cool.

But you did have to repeat the code for it to be cut and paste, right?

Otherwise, cool, very cool.

sabadashus at sabadashus
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davidlu7 says:

Dave, I'd love to get a pointer to your tinyURL glue. I'm doing a project that uses the OPML Editor that would make great use of this script.
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scriptingnews  Pro User  says:

David, just Update opml.root, the tinyurl glue is part of the normal updater code for the OPML Editor. People using Frontier or Radio will need to get it separately.
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