TinyURL: return the complete url if the TinyURL service fails

pieter · Sep 25, 2008 · fe3bf92 · fe3bf92
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commit fe3bf92
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/lib/support/tinyurl.rb b/lib/support/tinyurl.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ class TinyURL
   def self.tiny(url)
     return nil unless url
     http = Net::HTTP.start("tinyurl.com", 80)
-    response = http.post("/create.php", "url=#{url}")
+    begin
+      response = http.post("/create.php", "url=#{url}")
+    rescue Exception => e
+      return url
+    end
 
     if response.code == "200"
       body = response.read_body