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2022-08-30T17:16:14-04:00

Thanks...will send them a message.
Appreciate the help!

Statistics: Posted by NewzNZ — Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:16 pm

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2022-08-30T04:23:00-04:00

Ok, so you upgrade your tcl version, or ask your hoster to upgrade it, as tls is in tcl since version 8.4.

And tinyurl allows the non-https queries when v.gd forces the https usage (tested and verified)

Statistics: Posted by CrazyCat — Tue Aug 30, 2022 4:23 am

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2022-08-29T20:35:09-04:00

ps not sure if it helps but the script I use for tinyurl is:

Code:

set query [::http::geturl http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=$someurl]set url [lindex [split [::http::data $query] \n] 0]

...and it seems to work without the https even though tinyurl is also an https site?

Statistics: Posted by NewzNZ — Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:35 pm

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2022-08-29T19:12:37-04:00

added to top of script:

package require http
package require tls

but bot quit with this error when rehashed:

Tcl error in file 'i.conf':
can't find package tls
while executing
"package require tls"

Statistics: Posted by NewzNZ — Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:12 pm

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2022-08-29T18:34:59-04:00

did you add package require tls after the package require http line in your script ?

Statistics: Posted by CrazyCat — Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:34 pm

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2022-08-29T17:23:20-04:00

Thanks for this - looks like perhaps my shell provider dosn't have the needed items as it's still returning an empty url...
Thanks anyway.

Statistics: Posted by NewzNZ — Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:23 pm

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2022-08-29T10:09:07-04:00

v.gd now uses https, so you need the tls package and modify the script like this:

Code:

::http::register https 443 [list ::tls::socket -autoservername true]set query [::http::geturl https://v.gd/create.php?url=$somelongurltoshorten&format=simple]set url [lindex [split [::http::data $query] \n] 0]::http::cleanup $query::http::unregister httpsputserv "PRIVMSG $channel :$url"

Statistics: Posted by CrazyCat — Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:09 am

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2022-08-28T00:27:41-04:00

Thanks & apologies for the spectacularly slow reply:

Code:

set query [::http::geturl http://v.gd/create.php?url=$somelongurltoshorten&format=simple]set url [lindex [split [::http::data $query] \n] 0]putserv "PRIVMSG $channel :$url"

Thanks again!

Statistics: Posted by NewzNZ — Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:27 am

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2022-07-31T08:12:12-04:00

Can you provide your scripts so we can test and look for an explanation and/or a solution

Statistics: Posted by CrazyCat — Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:12 am

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2022-07-30T19:58:32-04:00

Hi there
I had been running a script to use v.gd and is.gd for delivering shortened urls of news stories to a channel...but lately has been returning nothing despite the sites appearing to still be working.
Was wondering if anyone has had experience using these sites in scripts? Currently the only other shortener site I've been able to use sucessfully is tinyurl but would prefer the reduced length of the first 2 mentioned.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Statistics: Posted by NewzNZ — Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:58 pm