PicoUrl

Deprecated: Use Firebase Dynamic Links instead.

Create tiny shareable URLs that can be parsed back into the original URLs

Who has time to create a backend for a URL shortener? Why not leverage one that already exists, such as TinyUrl. The only problem is, a lot of times, you probably want to allow for deep links into your app using tiny urls, but for the best of reasons, do not want to register for all urls starting with http://tinyurl.com

The solution? PicoUrl. This library takes a URL that you would want to shorten, such as http://commit451.github.io/linkipedia?query=hi&source=twitter&unicorns=true and turn it into http://commit451.com?tinyUrl=j6zlwzh which makes far more sense to register deep links for.

Usage

//Initialize an instance of PicoUrl
picoUrl = new PicoUrl.Builder()
                .baseUrl("http://mysite.com")
                .build();
//Create a url that your app understands and can parse:
Uri shareUrl = Uri.parse("http://mysite.com");
shareUrl = shareUrl.buildUpon()
        .appendQueryParameter("id", someId))
        .appendQueryParameter("referer", userId))
        .appendQueryParameter("unicorns", "true"))
        .build();
//Turns http://mysite.com?id=someId&referer=userId&unicorns=true
//into http://mysite.com?tinyUrl=j71a1h
picoUrl.generate(shareUrl).subscribeOn(Schedulers.newThread())
                .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                .subscribe(new SingleObserver<Uri>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onSubscribe(Disposable d) {
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onError(Throwable e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        //Alert your user!
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess(Uri url) {
                        //Send the link to the other user, or post it on the internet for others to click!
                    }
                });

//When receiving the shortened url:
picoUrl.parse(shortenedUrl).subscribeOn(Schedulers.newThread())
                    .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                    .subscribe(new SingleObserver<Uri>() {
                        @Override
                        public void onSubscribe(Disposable d) {
                        }

                        @Override
                        public void onError(Throwable e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                            //Alert your user!
                        }

                        @Override
                        public void onSuccess(Uri url) {
                            String id = url.getQueryParameter("id");
                            //Do what you need to with the values
                        }
                    });

About

This library was created for Linkipedia, an app where you try to beat your friends from one Wikipedia page to another.

It is made possible by using the following libraries:

• RxJava
• Retrofit
• OkHttp

It is also made possibly by using the API provided by tinyurl. Please read their terms of service before using this library.

License

Copyright 2017 Commit 451

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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