twitools/httptools/__init__.py

import setuptools, pyshorteners, requests

def longURL(url):
 return requests.head(url, allow_redirects=True).url

def shortURL(url):
 try:
  return pyshorteners.Shortener('Google', api_key=setuptools.getSetting("Google", "googl")).short(longURL(url))
 except pyshorteners.exceptions.ShorteningErrorException as e:
  print("Error handling %s" % url)
  print(e)
  return False