cli-git.io

shorten and/or unshorten GitHub.com URLs.

Installation

npm install -g cli-git.io or npm install --save cli-git.io.

Usage

Globally installed (CLI)

gitio [ [-v|--version] | [-h|--help] | [ shorten [--check|-c]|unshorten <url> ]

Examples

Help information

$ gitio -h 
Usage: gitio [ [-v|--version] | [-h|--help] |  [ shorten [--check|-c]|unshorten  <url> ] ]

Version

$ gitio --version
1.0.0

Shorten a github URL

1. Ignore the validity of the URL

$ gitio shorten "https://github.com/Gyumeijie/cli-git.io"
https://git.io/fx2Bg

$ gitio shorten "https://github.com/Gyumeijie/non-existent-repo"
https://git.io/fx2B9

2. Check the validity of the URL

$ gitio shorten -c "https://github.com/Gyumeijie/non-existent-repo"
Warning: https://github.com/Gyumeijie/non-existent-repo is not reachable!
https://git.io/fx2B9

$ gitio shorten "https://github.com/Gyumeijie/non-existent-repo" -c
Warning: https://github.com/Gyumeijie/non-existent-repo is not reachable!
https://git.io/fx2B9

Unshorten a short URL

$ gitio unshorten https://git.io/fx2B9
https://github.com/Gyumeijie/non-existent-repo

$ gitio unshorten https://git.io/bad-path

Notice: Woops! We can't seem to unshorten that URL, this could be for a few reasons:

1. it may not be a short URL in the first place;
2. it may not be a real URL or could no longer be active;
3. it may not be a short URL compatible with git.io!

Locally installed (APIs)

const githubURL = require('cli-git.io');

Examples

Shorten a github URL

shorten(rawURL, callback, check);

1. Output result to stdout:

githubURL.shorten('https://github.com/Gyumeijie/cli-git.io');

2. Pass the result to a callback:

githubURL.shorten('https://github.com/Gyumeijie/cli-git.io', function(shortURL) {
  // do some thing with the shorten URL here
});

3. Check the validity of rawURL

githubURL.shorten('https://github.com/Gyumeijie/cli-git.io', undefined, true);

Unshorten a short URL

1. Output result to stdout:

githubURL.unshorten('unshorten https://git.io/fx2B9');

2. Pass the result to a callback:

githubURL.unshorten('unshorten https://git.io/fx2B9', function(rawURL) {
  // do some thing with the unshorten URL here
});

The GitHub.com URLs

The following are part of URLs which can be shorten or unshorten by cli-git.io:

• https://help.github.com
• https://guides.github.com
• https://gist.github.com
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com
• https://page.github.com
• https://developer.github.com
• https://user.github.io

Links

• Git.io: GitHub URL Shortener