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Overview

Far from a stand-alone utility, goo.gl could work with other apps by supporting x-callback-urls.

Suggested URL Schema

The url should be in the form of

googl://x-callback-ul/shorten?[x-callback parameters]&[action parameters]

In addition to the x-callback-url schema, goo.gl should support the following action parameters:

• longurl=[URL-encoded URL]: take a url, and process that through goo.gl, and copy the output.
• twitter=yes: Invoke the Share with Twitter button.
• facebook=yes: Invoke the Share with Facebook button.
• messages=yes: Invoke the Share with Messages button.
• email=yes: Invoke the Share with Mail button.
• autosend=yes: automatically sends shared link to either Twitter or Facebook. Ignored in the case of messages and email.

Use Cases

For instance I can see a use-case where in Launch Center Pro, a user could create an action that will allow them to select a file in the their dropbox, get a public URL for that file, have it sent to goo.gl to be shortened, returned, and then allow them to send it to some other service.

Also a user could create a bookmarklet to send the current url to goo.gl, have it shortened, and then return to the browser.

Potential use-cases are unlimited.

References

1. x-callback-url specifications
2. Writing Custom URL Schemes in Objective C

Every time that the app shuts down, and relaunches, it asks the user to log in again.

I am currently using an iPhone 5, running iOS 7.0.3.