PowerShell – Get-TinyURL API Call

Posted on By David Kittell
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Function Get-TinyURL {
    #PowerShell - Get-TinyURL API Call
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
        [String]
        $sHTTPLink
    )
 
    if ($sHTTPLink.StartsWith("http://") -eq $true -or $sHTTPLink.StartsWith("https://") -eq $true)
        {
            if ($WebClient -eq $null) {$Global:WebClient=new-object System.Net.WebClient }
            $webClient.DownloadString("http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url="  + [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($sHTTPLink))
        }
    else
        {
            Write-Output "Bad Link, please include http:// or https://"
        }
}
 
Get-TinyURL "http://google.com"

GitHub: https://gist.github.com/dkittell/d11d6bf7ac03d5c52355

Originally Posted on December 14, 2015
Last Updated on February 12, 2016
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