diff --git a/url_shortner.py b/url_shortner.py
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+from _future_ import with_statement
+import contextlib
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib import urlencode
+try:
+    from urllib.request import urlopen
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib2 import urlopen
+import sys
+
+def make_tiny(url):
+    request_url = ('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?' + 
+    urlencode({'url':url}))
+    with contextlib.closing(urlopen(request_url)) as response:
+        return response.read().decode('utf-8')
+
+def main():
+    urls = input("Enter a URL: ")
+    print(make_tiny(urls))
+
+if _name_ == '_main_':
+    main()