bitly.py

import sys
import urllib
import urllib2
import logging

from django.utils import simplejson

_BITLY_API_KEY = 'R_8b57834cbee48f8419e98bf7af03f4d4'

def get_shortened_url(url):
  """Shorten the given URL with the Bitly API."""
  version = '2.0.1'
  login = 'nanaze'
  query_params = urllib.urlencode({
    'version': version,
    'longUrl': url,
    'login': login,
    'apiKey': _BITLY_API_KEY
  })
  bitly_url= 'http://api.bit.ly/shorten?' + query_params
  logging.info('bitly_url %s',  bitly_url)
  response = urllib2.urlopen(bitly_url).read()
  json = simplejson.loads(response)
  return json['results'].values()[0]['shortUrl']

def main():
  """Run bitly as a command line tool.  Prints out a shortened url."""
  print get_shortened_url(sys.argv[1])

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()