filename in "x:\temp\in"; filename out "x:\temp\out.txt"; %macro MakeTiny(longUrl=); data _null_; file in lrecl=1028; put "url=&longUrl" ; run; proc http in=in out=out url="http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php" method="post" ct="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; run; data _null_ ; infile out; input tinyUrl :$1024. ; call symput('tinyUrl',tinyUrl); %global tinyUrl ; run; %mend makeTiny; %MakeTiny(longUrl=www.savian.net); %put &tinyUrl ;
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
SAS Macro to Make Tiny URLs
Someone on SAS-L wanted a piece of SAS code to convert a long url to a short one. Well, here you go:
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