/*
Package gitio shortens github urls using the git.io service.
*/
package gitio

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"time"
)

// Shorten a long github url.
func Shorten(longurl string) (string, error) {
	client := new(http.Client)
	client.Timeout = 5 * time.Second

	resp, err := client.PostForm(`https://git.io/create`, url.Values{`url`: {longurl}})
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Expected 200 response, got: %d", resp.StatusCode)
	}

	text, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Error reading response from gitio: %v", err)
	}

	return fmt.Sprintf(`https://git.io/%s`, text), nil
}

/*
Package gitio shortens github urls using the git.io service.
*/
package gitio

import (
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

// Shorten a long github url.
func Shorten(longurl string) (string, error) {
	resp, err := http.PostForm(`https://git.io/create`, url.Values{`url`: {longurl}})
	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Expected 200 response, got: %d", resp.StatusCode)
	}

	text, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Error reading response from gitio: %v", err)
	}

	return fmt.Sprintf(`https://git.io/%s`, text), nil
}

--- 
+++ 
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Shorten a long github url.
 func Shorten(longurl string) (string, error) {
-	resp, err := http.PostForm(`https://git.io/create`, url.Values{`url`: {longurl}})
+	client := new(http.Client)
+	client.Timeout = 5 * time.Second
+
+	resp, err := client.PostForm(`https://git.io/create`, url.Values{`url`: {longurl}})
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
Add 5s timeout to http call
