Comments on: How-to: Automatic URL Shortening with Bit.ly and TextExpander http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/ My opinions about convergence, consumer technology, gadgets, Web, and more. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Add Bit.ly URL Shortening to Quicksilver [How To] · TechBlogger http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/comment-page-1/#comment-474394 Add Bit.ly URL Shortening to Quicksilver [How To] · TechBlogger Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:01:55 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-474394 [...] find one that worked or was quick enough for me. So, with the help of Jonathan Berger at LIVEdigitally and Andrew Hedges over on Stack Overflow, I was able to cobble together some Applescripts for use [...] [...] find one that worked or was quick enough for me. So, with the help of Jonathan Berger at LIVEdigitally and Andrew Hedges over on Stack Overflow, I was able to cobble together some Applescripts for use [...]

]]> By: Add Bit.ly URL Shortening To Quicksilver | Lifehacker Australia http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/comment-page-1/#comment-474387 Add Bit.ly URL Shortening To Quicksilver | Lifehacker Australia Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:39:59 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-474387 [...] find one that worked or was quick enough for me. So, with the help of Jonathan Berger at LIVEdigitally and Andrew Hedges over on Stack Overflow, I was able to cobble together some Applescripts for use [...] [...] find one that worked or was quick enough for me. So, with the help of Jonathan Berger at LIVEdigitally and Andrew Hedges over on Stack Overflow, I was able to cobble together some Applescripts for use [...]

]]> By: Quickly Extract a Shortened URL for Anything on the iTunes App Store | MacMembrane http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/comment-page-1/#comment-435367 Quickly Extract a Shortened URL for Anything on the iTunes App Store | MacMembrane Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:01:54 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-435367 [...] I created this script using two sources. AppleScript droplets cannot handle URLs dropped straight from Safari (or iTunes) so it’s necessary to drop them into the Finder first. To get the droplet to recognize the .webloc file I used the code posted here by an unknown forum member. To convert the URL using bit.ly, I used Jonathan Berger’s TextExpander script. [...] [...] I created this script using two sources. AppleScript droplets cannot handle URLs dropped straight from Safari (or iTunes) so it’s necessary to drop them into the Finder first. To get the droplet to recognize the .webloc file I used the code posted here by an unknown forum member. To convert the URL using bit.ly, I used Jonathan Berger’s TextExpander script. [...]

]]> By: Downshift: The Second Gear Blog » Blog Archive » Our Toolbox: TextExpander http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/comment-page-1/#comment-373790 Downshift: The Second Gear Blog » Blog Archive » Our Toolbox: TextExpander Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:20:09 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-373790 [...] timesaver. When pasting long URLs around the Web, I like to shrink them using bit.ly. There is a script that will automatically take the link on your clipboard and convert it to a bit.ly-fied [...] [...] timesaver. When pasting long URLs around the Web, I like to shrink them using bit.ly. There is a script that will automatically take the link on your clipboard and convert it to a bit.ly-fied [...]

]]> By: Cristine http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/comment-page-1/#comment-356873 Cristine Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:09:02 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-356873 How about http://sn.vc? They allow to preview the original links before redirected. For me, it's useful as to prevent mislead. How about http://sn.vc? They allow to preview the original links before redirected. For me, it’s useful as to prevent mislead.

]]> By: Rawkes Weekly – 27 July 2008 » Captain's Blog » Rawkes http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/comment-page-1/#comment-344632 Rawkes Weekly – 27 July 2008 » Captain's Blog » Rawkes Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:08:03 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-344632 [...] Automatic URL shortening with TextExpander – Applescript to let TextExpander automatically create bit.ly URLs from a url in the clipboard [...] [...] Automatic URL shortening with TextExpander – Applescript to let TextExpander automatically create bit.ly URLs from a url in the clipboard [...]

]]> By: someone http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/comment-page-1/#comment-343349 someone Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:52:16 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-343349 If you're truncating the URL of your front Safari window, you can cut out the selecting/copying steps like this: <code> tell application "Safari" set PageURL to URL of front document end tell set curlCMD to ¬ "curl --stderr /dev/null \"http://bit.ly/api?url=" & PageURL & "\"" -- Run the script and get the result: set bitlyURL to (do shell script curlCMD) return bitlyURL </code> If you’re truncating the URL of your front Safari window, you can cut out the selecting/copying steps like this:

tell application "Safari"

set PageURL to URL of front document

end tell

set curlCMD to ¬
"curl --stderr /dev/null \"http://bit.ly/api?url=" & PageURL & "\""

-- Run the script and get the result:
set bitlyURL to (do shell script curlCMD)

return bitlyURL

]]> By: SmileOnMyMac Blog » Blog Archive » TextExpander: Nice AppleScript Shortcut for bit.ly http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/07/23/how-to-automatic-url-shortening-with-bitly-and-textexpander/comment-page-1/#comment-343192 SmileOnMyMac Blog » Blog Archive » TextExpander: Nice AppleScript Shortcut for bit.ly Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:58:00 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1509#comment-343192 [...] very interesting features, like history, thumbnails and click-through stats. Jonathan Berger posted an article at LIVEdigitally on creating a TextExpander AppleScript snippet to quickly generate bit.ly [...] [...] very interesting features, like history, thumbnails and click-through stats. Jonathan Berger posted an article at LIVEdigitally on creating a TextExpander AppleScript snippet to quickly generate bit.ly [...]

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