Make url shortening modular

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maybe use the provider model for using the url shortening services.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by alan...@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2008 at 8:26

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I started with a simple approach - a class with support for is.gd, tinyurl.com, 
bit.ly.

Refactor it if you see a better approach.

Original comment by jongallo...@gmail.com on 15 Dec 2008 at 6:45

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I would like to take a stab at this.

Original comment by bramveen...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2009 at 12:27

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Great! One thing to keep in mind - some URL shortening services like bit.ly and 
cli.gs support additional features if a user signs up for an account. So, just 
keep 
in mind that we may want to store user credentials (username / password, or API 
key, 
not sure how bit.ly and cli.gs work) along with each service. You may want to 
tackle 
that as a second step, but just keep it in mind.

Glad to have you contributing!!!

Original comment by jongallo...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2009 at 12:41

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Can I just use the read-only source that I checked out or is there a more up to 
dat 
tree? 

Original comment by bramveen...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2009 at 1:11

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You'll get the latest code if you check out from SVN:
http://code.google.com/p/wittytwitter/source/checkout

Original comment by jongallo...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2009 at 5:11

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For some reason this url keeps giving me an error. It is really hard to make 
the url 
shortening service in such a way you can add services on the fly which weren't 
implemented. The services are to different. 

Original comment by bramveen...@gmail.com on 9 Jan 2009 at 5:44