I just pushed Firefly 1.1.0 (code) to Rubygems containing a very nice new feature: QR Codes.
Why would you care? Well, almost anything can scan QR Codes nowadays. Simple add .png to the end of your shortened URL and you’ll get a nice QR Code that you can print or embed on somewhere on the web. Give it a try: http://aj.gs/2Y.png
Simply scan the image and it will yield your short URL, ready for use.
Today version 0.4.3 of Firefly was released with some minor updates. To complete the package, a new gem firefly-client has been released.
The client library allows your Ruby application to easily shorten URLs with a remote Firefly server. It’s very easy to use and lightweight.
Firefly 0.4.3 Changelog Handle invalid API keys correctly. Added a fix for MySQL users to update the code column to use the correct collation.
With my recent interest in Sinatra I decided to make some us of it and write a URL shortener service for with it. This also gave me an excuse to polish up my DataMapper skills a bit.
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Now, it’s finished! I put the app on http://github.com/ariejan/firefly. Feel free to fork!
Not sure if it works? Try this: http://aj.gs/2
Questions? Please use the comments!