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urlunshort - Tools for detecting and expanding shortened URLs
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Introduction
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Urlunshort un-shortens URLs that have been created using a URL shortening
services, like tinurl.com, bit.ly etc.

Examples
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Resolve a short URL to a target URL

>>> from urlunshort import resolve
>>> resolve("http://bit.ly/qlKaI")
'http://bitbucket.org/runeh/urlunshort/'

Check if URLs are shortened

>>> from urlunshort import is_shortened
>>> is_shortened("http://bit.ly/qlKaI")
True
>>> is_shortened("http://www.opera.com")
False


Contact
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Author: Rune Halvorsen <runefh@gmail.com>
Web site and issue tracker: http://bitbucket.org/runeh/urlunshort/

Bug reports and patches appreciated.

Changelog
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See CHANGELOG file

Home page and bug tracker:
http://bitbucket.org/runeh/urlunshort

License:
BSD license. See the LICENSE file in the top level of the distribution
