Public/New-GitIoShortUrl.ps1
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.Synopsis Create a git.io shorturl from a long GitHub Url. .DESCRIPTION This command creates a new git.io shorturl from a long GitHub.com url .EXAMPLE New-GitIoShortUrl -Url 'https://GitHub.com/rchaganti' This creates a git.io short url with a random shortcode .EXAMPLE New-GitIoShortUrl -Url 'https://GitHub.com/rchaganti' -Code psdev This creates a git.io short url with the shortcode set to psdev if it is available #> function New-GitIoShortURL { [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [String] $Url, [Parameter()] [string] $Code ) $gitIoFormInput = @{ url = $Url code = $Code } if ($Code) { if ((Get-GitIoShortUrl -ShortUrl "https://git.io/${Code}" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { throw "${Code} is already taken! Try another code." } } try { $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://git.io/' ` -Method Post ` -Body $gitIoFormInput ` -ContentType "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" ` -ErrorAction Stop if ($response.StatusCode -eq 201 -or $response.StatusCode -eq 200) { return $response.Headers.Location } } catch { Write-Error $_ } } |