main awesm api documentation: http://groups.google.com/group/awesm-api/web/api-documentation
this library contains three functions shorten_url - shortens a URL with the awe.sm service get_basic_awesm_info - returns a variety of information about a particular awe.sm short URL get_awesm_info_for_original_url - returns a variety of information about awe.sm short URLs that point to a particular original URL
one function uses json, the others xml for example purposes
you will need to enter your own awe.sm api key
please feel free to use and edit this code
created by Michael Orr http://github.com/imightbeinatree http://twitter.com/imbiat http://www.cloudspace.com