Create An Url Link Shortener – Python Tkinter GUI Tutorial 197

In this video we’ll create a URL Link shortener using Tkinter and Python.

You’ve seen url shorteners before, creating them is very easy using the URL shortening API wrapper Python library pyshorteners.

In this video we’ll install pyshorteners, and use it to create a simple link shortener with Tkinter!

Python Code: shorty.py
(Github Code)

from tkinter import *
import pyshorteners

root = Tk()
root.title('Codemy.com - Link Shortener')
root.iconbitmap('c:/gui/codemy.ico')
root.geometry("500x500")

def shorten():
	if shorty.get():
		shorty.delete(0, END)

	if my_entry.get():
		# Convert to tinyurl
		url = pyshorteners.Shortener().tinyurl.short(my_entry.get())
		# Output to screen
		shorty.insert(END, url)

		# Reverse URL
		print(pyshorteners.Shortener().tinyurl.expand(url))


my_label = Label(root, text="Enter Link To Shorten", font=("Helvetica", 34))
my_label.pack(pady=20)

my_entry = Entry(root, font=("Helvetica", 24))
my_entry.pack(pady=20)

my_button = Button(root, text="Shorten Link", command=shorten, font=("Helvetica", 24))
my_button.pack(pady=20)

shorty_label = Label(root, text="Shortened Link", font=("Helvetica", 14))
shorty_label.pack(pady=50)

shorty = Entry(root, font=("Helvetica", 22), justify=CENTER, width=30, bd=0, bg="systembuttonface")
shorty.pack(pady=10)


root.mainloop()