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# Auto shorten url with shorturl gem. # FIXME: There're 2 bugs in ShortURL by Vincent Foley. # [#8376] tinyurls redirect to URLs with encoded chars, causing 404. # http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=8376&group_id=732&atid=2893 # [#15415] Invalid RubyURL # http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=15415&group_id=732&atid=2893 def auto_short_urls(text, service = :tinyurl) text.gsub(Helper::AUTO_LINK_RE) do all, a, b, c, d = $&, $1, $2, $3, $4 if a =~ /<a\s/i # don't replace URL's that are already linked all else long_url = b + c short_url = WWW::ShortURL.shorten(long_url, service) %(#{a}<a href="#{short_url}">#{short_url}</a>#{d}) end end end
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