use WWW::Shorten 'NotLong';

  $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url);
  $short_url = makeashorterlink($long_url, nickname => $nickname);
  ($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url);
  ($short_url,$password) = makeashorterlink($long_url, nickname => $nickname);

  $long_url  = makealongerlink($short_url);
  $long_url  = makealongerlink($nickname);

The function "makeashorterlink" will call the notlong.com web site passing it your long URL and will return the shorter (notlong) version. If used in a list context, then it will return both the notlong URL and the password.

If you pass a nickname, the notlong service will use your provided (alpha-numeric) string as the unique identifier, provided that it has not already been assigned previously.

The function "makealongerlink" does the reverse. "makealongerlink" will accept as an argument either the full notlong URL or just the notlong identifier/nickname.

If anything goes wrong, then either function will return "undef".

Note that notlong.com, unlike TinyURL and MakeAShorterLink, returns a unique code for every submission.

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Based almost entirely on WWW::Shorten::Shorl by Iain Truskett <[email protected]> which was based on WWW::MakeAShorterLink by Dave Cross <[email protected]>