Trim¶ ↑

The trim gem is a wrapper for the tr.im URL shortening service, which can be found at tr.im/

This software is not affiliated with tr.im in any way. tr.im is a product of The Nambu Network: www.nambu.com/.

First, if you do not already have GitHub in your gem sources, execute the following command to add it:

sudo gem sources -a http://gems.github.com

Then you can install this gem with:

sudo gem install svenaas-trim

If you prefer not to add GitHub to your gem sources, install via:

sudo gem install svenaas-trim -s http://gems.github.com

Windows users should omit the sudo, of course.

require 'trim'

Trim.trim('http://www.google.com') # Returns trimmed URL, or nil if any error occurs

If you want to use an account that tr.im knows about you can provide your valid username and password:

Trim.trim('http://www.google.com', 'username', 'password')

NOTE: as of this writing (3 Mar 2009) tr.im does not support SSL so this username and password will be sent over unencrypted HTTP.

The standard tests run via

rake test

use mock code to verify functionality instead of depending on online interaction with tr.im’s servers. This is done for several reasons, primarily because the service provider deserves this basic consideration, but also because tr.im limits the number of URLs which can be shortened during a particular amount of time.

If you need to verify online functionality you can run

rake test:online

for simple-case testing that the servers are reachable via the expected address and API. Please note that this test consumes online resources, and use it sparingly.

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