/expander

Expand shortened URLs in text

Primary LanguageRuby

Expander – Expand short URLs in strings

Short URLs are annoying. Expand them.

% gem install expander-0.0.1.gem
Successfully installed expander-0.0.1
1 gem installed
% irb -rubygems
> require 'expander'
 => true 
>   "Clever message http://t.co/xCCP4e8R more stuff #hello".expand_urls
 => "Clever message http://guides.rubygems.org/make-your-own-gem/ more stuff #hello"