// A request needs to be sent to the Google URL Shortener API containing
// longURL so that the shortened version of it can be returned
public static string ShortenURL(string longURL)
{
// Parse the Google API Key from apiKey.json
var apiKey = APIKey.GetAPIKey("apikey");
// UrlshortenerService with the parsed API Key
service = new UrlshortenerService(new BaseClientService.Initializer()
{
ApiKey = apiKey,
ApplicationName = "Google URL Shortener Desktop"
});
// Request containing the longURL
var req = new Google.Apis.Urlshortener.v1.Data.Url();
req.LongUrl = longURL;
// Insert the request to the API and return the short URL
try {
shortURL = service.Url.Insert(req).Execute().Id;
}
catch (GoogleApiException e) {
// Don't show a second APIKeyWindow if one is already open from
// the System.IO.FileNotFoundException in APIKey.cs
if (Utils.IsWindowOpen <APIKeyWindow>("Google API Key"))
{
MessageBox.Show("Your Google API Key is incorrect. Please enter " +
"it again.", e.GetType().ToString());
new APIKeyWindow().Show();
Utils.CloseWindow("Google URL Shortener");
}
}
return(shortURL);
}
