1\name{decode_short_url} 2\alias{decode_short_url} 3\title{ 4A function to decode shortened URLs 5} 6\description{ 7Will expand a URL that has been processed by a link shortener (e.g. bit.ly). Provided as a convenience 8function to users who may which to perform this operation. 9} 10\usage{ 11decode_short_url(url, ...) 12} 13\arguments{ 14 \item{url}{A character string, the URL to decode} 15 \item{\dots}{Optional arguments to pass along to RCurl} 16} 17\details{ 18Uses the \url{longapi.org} API 19} 20\value{ 21A character string containing either the original URL (if not shortened) or the full URL (if shortened) 22} 23\references{ 24\url{longapi.org} 25} 26\author{ 27Neil Jang 28} 29\examples{ 30 \dontrun{ 31 decode_short_url("http://bit.ly/23226se656") 32 } 33} 34\keyword{utilities} 35