Generating Short URLs using Google URL Shortener API

At times URLs that you wish to share with others are too long to be shared in their original form. Such long URLs can affect the readability and flow of your message. Additionally, they are unsuitable to use with applications such as Twitter because of their length. Many websites, therefore, allow you to create a shorter version of a URL which gets expanded to the full original URL when accessed. This article shows how to use Google URL Shortener API to generate short URLs programmatically.

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