1. #!/usr/bin/env python
2.  
3. # Import the modules
4.  
5. import bitlyapi
6. import sys
7.  
8. # Define your API information
9.  
10. API_USER = "your_api_username"
11. API_KEY = "your_api_key"
12.  
13. b = bitlyapi.BitLy(API_USER, API_KEY)
14.  
15. # Define how to use the program
16.  
17. usage = """Usage: python shortener.py [url]
18. e.g python shortener.py http://www.google.com"""
19.  
20. if len(sys.argv) != 2:
21.     print usage
22.     sys.exit(0)
23.  
24. longurl = sys.argv[1]
25.  
26. response = b.shorten(longUrl=longurl)
27.  
28. print response['url']