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You can install it with RubyGems:

$ gem install -r shorturl

or you can go to http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=732 and download
the tar.bz2 archive.

Usage is very simple, here's a sample irb session:

>> require "rubygems" 
=> true 
>> require "shorturl" 
=> false 
>> ShortURL.shorten("http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby") 
=> "http://rubyurl.com/eiRDm" 
>> ShortURL.shorten("http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby", :tinyurl) 
=> "http://tinyurl.com/bfuu2"