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+<?php
+/*
+
+This is an example file of how you can utilise http://qttr.at/yourls-api.php URL shortener service from a GNUSocial instance, which is using https. 
+If you run the qvitter code «as is» the browser will stop you from communicate to qttr.at which is currently running http protocol.
+
+This «proxy» return the result from http://qttr.at/yourls-api.php
+
+1) Install this file on your website eg. : https://myinstance.net/shortener.php
+2) Change the following in QvitterPlugin.php - settings() function
+	$settings['urlshortenerapiurl'] = 'https://yoursite.net/shortener.php';
+3) Test it
+
+Contact Knut Erik if you have any questions related to this .php file.
+Quitter.no => knuthollund@quitter.no
+GitHub: => https://github.com/knuthollund
+
+*/
+
+
+	$query = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
+	$shortenerUrl = 'http://qttr.at/yourls-api.php?' . $query;
+ 	print file_get_contents($shortenerUrl);
+
+
+?>