NAME

       WWW::Shorten::Metamark - Perl interface to metamark.net

SYNOPSIS

         use WWW::Shorten::Metamark;

         use WWW::Shorten 'Metamark';

         $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);

         $long_url  = makealongerlink($short_url);

DESCRIPTION

       A Perl interface to the web site metamark.net. Metamark simply maintains a database of
       long URLs, each of which has a unique identifier.

Functions

   makeashorterlink
       The function "makeashorterlink" will call the Metamark web site passing it your long URL
       and will return the shorter Metamark version.

   makealongerlink
       The function "makealongerlink" does the reverse. "makealongerlink" will accept as an
       argument either the full Metamark URL or just the Metamark identifier.

       If anything goes wrong, then either function will return "undef".

   EXPORT
       makeashorterlink, makealongerlink

SUPPORT, LICENCE, THANKS and SUCH

       See the main WWW::Shorten docs.

AUTHOR

       Iain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>

       Based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk>

SEE ALSO

       WWW::Shorten, perl, <http://metamark.net/>