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ChakSoft URL shortener API Access module. Relying on Bluebird
const CSUrl = require('csurl')
CSUrl.shorten('https://www.google.com/')
.then((shortLink) => {
console.log(shortLink)
// >>> https://www.csurl.fr/#/Ex10aD
})
const CSUrl = require('csurl')
CSUrl.get('Ex10aD')
.then((fullUrl) => {
console.log(fullUrl)
// >>> https://www.google.com/
})
Be sure jasmine
is installed as a global package :
$ npm install -g jasmine
Then just run the test suite :
$ jasmine
Started
...
3 specs, 0 failures
Finished in 0.015 seconds
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ChakSoft URL Shortener API Access module
The npm package csurl receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, csurl popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that csurl demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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