diff --git a/tango_examples/shorten_url.py b/tango_examples/shorten_url.py
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+import tango
+
+# Shortening URLs requires no authentication, huzzah
+twitter = tango.setup()
+shortURL = twitter.shortenURL("http://www.webs.com/")
+
+print shortURL