Merge pull request #401 from dsuppiger/update_twitter_text_length

Twitter: Updated max text length

src/js/services/twitter.js

@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ module.exports = function(shariff) {
 
  var title = shariff.getTitle()
 
- // 120 is the max character count left after twitters automatic url shortening with t.co
- shareUrl.query.text = abbreviateText(title, 120)
  shareUrl.query.url = shariff.getURL()
  if (shariff.options.twitterVia !== null) {
  shareUrl.query.via = shariff.options.twitterVia
  }
+ // From Twitters documentation (May 2021):
+ // The length of your passed Tweet text should not exceed 280 characters
+ // when combined with any passed hashtags, via, or url parameters.
+ var remainingTextLength = (280 - (shareUrl.query.via || '').length - (shareUrl.query.url || '').length)
+ shareUrl.query.text = abbreviateText(title, remainingTextLength)
+
  delete shareUrl.search
 
  return {