Implement bit.ly url shortening in iPhone app

Question

I'd like to implement bit.ly URL shortening service in my application and from biy.ly's API docs I read It uses JSON to short a link...
Unfortunately, I never used JSON and I don't know where to start.
Can anyone explain me how to implement bit.ly URL shortening service in my application?

Thanks,
Matteo

Answer 1

JSON is just a (Javascript) way to encode you're data in name value pairs in an http POST request. So you just need to use a good encoder/decoder API for you're iphone application. See also this tutorial:

tutorial: Json over http on the Iphone

Want to know more about how JSON works, this book has an excelent chapter on it:

JavaScript: The Good Parts

Answer 2

Check out my bitly project at github ... http://github.com/st3fan/iphone-bitly