Trunc.us API

All about simplicity...

To request a truncation, POST to /

	{"format":"json","url":"http://www.trunc.us"}
	

Truncation response:

	{"trunct":{"token":"3bU65R","url":"http://www.trunc.us"}}
	

To expand a token, GET /.json

	GET /3bU65R.json

Expand response:

	{"trunct":{"token":"3bU65R","url":"http://www.trunc.us"}}
	

Sample Client Library in Ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

class TrunctClient
  attr_accessor :host, :port
  def initialize(options={})
    self.host = options[:host]
    self.port = options[:port] || 80
  end

  def trunc(url)
    req = Net::HTTP::Post.new("/", initheader = {'Content-Type' =>'application/json'})
    req.body = {"url" => url, "format" => "json"}.to_json
    response = Net::HTTP.new(host, port).start {|http| http.request(req) }
    data = JSON::parse(response.body)
    data["trunct"]["token"]
  end

  def expand(token)
    url = URI.parse("http://#{host}/#{token}.json")
    req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.path)
    res = Net::HTTP.start(host, port) {|http|
      http.request(req)
    }
    data = JSON::parse(res.body)
    data["trunct"]["url"]
  end

end

And that's it.