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Build a URL Shortener Client with Python

A Python class that shortens long URLs and resolves short codes using a REST API built with requests.

url shortener api
Python 
import json
import sys
import requests

class URLShortenerClient:
    def __init__(self, base_url="http://tinyurl.com"):
        self.base_url = base_url

    def shorten_url(self, long_url):
        payload = {"url": long_url}
        headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
        response = requests.post(f"{…
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