def expand(self, short):
data = dict(action='<STR_LIT>', shorturl=short)<EOL>jsondata = self._api_request(params=data)<EOL>return jsondata['<STR_LIT>']<EOL>
Expand short URL or keyword to long URL.

        Parameters:
            short: Short URL (``http://example.com/abc``) or keyword (abc).

        :return: Expanded/long URL, e.g.
                 ``https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ``

        Raises:
            ~yourls.exceptions.YOURLSHTTPError: HTTP error with response from
                YOURLS API.
            requests.exceptions.HTTPError: Generic HTTP error.