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#!/usr/bin/env bash

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#       author:  Santhosh veer
#         file:  short
#  Last Change:  ago 21 2019 14:26
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# Requirements: curl, jq, xclip
# Description: Simple Shell script to Shorten your Long URL via Bitly API V3.
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# Reference: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/69111/
# Source: https://itrendbuzz.com/bitly-url-shortener-using-shell-script/
# Get Bitly Generic access token
# Log in to your Bitly account
# Open this Link- https://bitly.com/a/oauth_apps & get your Generic access token

# Bitly Generic access token & Username
# In my case I have protected my token in a file that I have permissions to read
Accesstoken=$(cat ~/.config/bitly-token)
username="voyeg3r"

# echo -n "Enter your Long URL: "
# read -r longurl

# echo "[+] URL Shortening Started..."

  # If no URL you will see this Alert message
  if [[ ! ${1} ]]; then
    echo -e "Error URL Missing"
    exit 1
  fi

# Curl request
# curl -s --request GET \
#     --url "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v3/shorten?access_token=$Accesstoken&login=$username&longUrl=${1}" \ | jq

# Curl request
curl -s --request GET \
    --url "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v3/shorten?access_token=$Accesstoken&login=$username&longUrl=${1}" \ | jq \ |
    awk -F'"' '/"url":/ {print $4}' | tee >(xclip -i -selection clipboard)