> I'd ideally just like the function to return the shortUrl from the
> json results but can't seem to get it anywhere but the callback
> function.
...
> $.getJSON("http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=";
> + url + "&login=" + apiLogin + "&apiKey=" + apiKey, function(data){
> shortURL = data.results[url].shortUrl;
> });
> return shortURL;
You're returning shortURL from the function before $.getJSON has
returned! The shortenURL function can't run synchronously and return
the URL if it's calling an asynchronous ajax method. Instead of
returning the URL, the function should pass in a callback.
