Add Bit.ly (or Other URL Shortener) And Google Analytics To Wordpress Twitter Tools Plugin

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        I couldn't find this code anywhere, and it was simple enough to create, so here it is. A way to use bit.ly, or some other URL shortening service, with the Twitter Tools plugin for Wordpress. Just for fun I added in Google Analytics tracking, so you can get some additional stats. I recommend bit.ly though, since they already have stats built into their URL shortening platform.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: bit.ly add-on for Twitter Tools
Plugin URI: http://www.mybanktracker.com
Description: Install <a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress">Twitter Tools plugin from Alex King</a> for this plugin to work.
Version: 0.1
Author: Jason Reposa
Author URI: http://www.mybanktracker.com
*/

// Copyright (c) 2009 My Bank Tracker. All rights reserved.
//
// Released under the GPL license
// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
//
// **********************************************************************
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
// **********************************************************************

function tweet_track($long_url) {
	$analytics = '?utm_campaign=blog&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweet';
	$login = 'YOUR_LOGIN';
	$api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY';

	// From: http://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
	// http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=http://cnn.com&login=bitlyapidemo&apiKey=R_0da49e0a9118ff35f52f629d2d71bf07
	$url = 'http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl='.urlencode($long_url.$analytics).'&login='.$login.'&apiKey='.$api_key;

	$ch = curl_init();

	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

	$data = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);

	if (!empty($data)) {
		$result = json_decode($data);
		if (!isset($results->errorCode) && $results->errorCode == 0) {
			return $result->results->{$long_url.$analytics}->shortUrl;
		}
	}

	// if all else fails return original
	return $long_url;
}

add_filter('tweet_blog_post_url', 'tweet_track');
// for testing on command line:
// echo tweet_track('http://www.mybanktracker.com');

Tags:
• analytics
• Google
• php
• Tools
• twitter
• Wordpress