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Feb 18 2009

URL shorteners with APIs

Published at 5:58 pm

This gathering is mainly for my own purposes. But I thought it might be somewhat useful to some other developer so I’m posting it.

TinyURL

Format: GET http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=<your url here>

Returns: string

bit.ly (Requires API key)

Format: GET http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version=2.0.1&longUrl=<your url here>&login=<your login here>&apiKey=<your api key here>

Returns: JSON [default] or XML

is.gd

Format: http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=<your url here>

Returns: string

Snipurl [snipr.com, snurl.com] (Requires API key)

Format: POST request

Returns: XML

tr.im (Requires API key over 48 URLs per day)

Format: POST or GET http://api.tr.im/api/trim_url.<format>?url=<your url here>

Returns: XML or JSON

cli.gs (API not required)

Format: GET http://cli.gs/api/v1/cligs/create?url=<your url here>

Returns: string

twurl.nl (API not required)

Format: POST request

Returns: string

Shorteners seen on Twitter with no API

shrt.at (API not ready)

budurl.com (API not ready)

url.ie (no API)

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2 Responses to “URL shorteners with APIs”

  1. # Danielon 02 Mar 2009 at 8:18 pm

    Sweet! Thanks for taking the effort to compile this.

  2. # Jameson 04 Apr 2009 at 9:28 am

    http://tinyarro.ws/api-create.php?url=

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