A Java interface to the bit.ly and j.mp APIs.

Bitlyj 2.0: A DSL for Bitly-powered Url Shortening Services

This is probably all most will be interested in:

import com.rosaloves.bitlyj.Url;
import static com.rosaloves.bitlyj.Bitly.*;

Url url = as("bitlyapidemo", "R_0da49e0a9118ff35f52f629d2d71bf07").call(shorten("http://rosaloves.com/stories/view/13"));

// url.getShortUrl() -> http://bit.ly/fB05

There's more, of course :-). Check out QuickStart to see more usage, and Bitlyj2AndTheScalaREPL for even more in an interactive Scala session.

2.0 Noteworthies

• Concise DSL syntax with obvious semantics == bitly interaction with no boilerplate.
• Natural error handling with no checked exceptions. If you want to deal with exceptions, catch BitlyException and access the delivered message (yields bitly's status text).
• J.mp support baked in, with the same DSL sugar.
• Runs on Android.
• Zero dependencies.
• Flexible API. Bitly methods are no longer hard-wired to an interface, so evolution is possible without API breakage.
• Extensible API. Implementing your own methods is simple: implement the functionality in an implementation of BitlyMethod. You get core error handling for free, and you can even implement specialized methods not supported by bitly.
• Access to other bitly-powered services is simple: implement Provider (two methods).

The stable 2.0 artifacts are available in maven central.

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.rosaloves</groupId>
	<artifactId>bitlyj</artifactId>
	<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>

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