UrlShorteners

URL Shorteners

kleine sammlung von URL shortener websites:

site	APIs	Example
bit.ly / j.mp	api.bit.ly	requires a personal key o_O
goo.gl	http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/	JSON: http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/v1/getting_started.html#shorten
tinyurl.com	1	http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://www.guckes.net/
ow.ly	http://ow.ly/api-docs	http://ow.ly/api/1.0/url/shorten?apiKey=12345ABCD57EF&longUrl=http://hootsuite.com
u.nu	dead! see http://www.techzilo.com/unu-shortest-url-shortener/	http://u.nu/unu-api-simple?url=$URL
is.gd	[1]	http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
b23.ru	[2]	http://username:apikey@b23.ru/api/shorten/http://blafasel.com/
cort.as	[3]	http://cortas.elpais.com/encode.pl?u=http://foobar.com/&r=json
korta.nu	http://korta.nu/api.php	http://korta.nu/api/api.php?url=http://www.google.se
yep.it	[4]	http://yep.it/api.php?url=URL
redir.ec	[5]	http://redir.ec/_api/rest/redirec/create?url=http://foobar.com/
chilp.it	[6]	http://chilp.it/api.php?url=http://www.example.com
migre.me	[7]	http://migre.me/api.txt?url=http://example.com/

TODO

site	APIs	Example
p.ly	closed due to spamming (hrhr)
307.to	2012-04-13 dead
adjix.com	2012-04-13 dead
bacn.me	2012-04-13 dead
bloat.me	2012-04-13 dead
cli.gs	no API documentation, no working logins
href.in	not a URL shortener
kl.am	2012-04-13 dead
lin.cr	2012-04-13 dead
livesi.de	redirects to bitly, can't be used as alternative domain
pnt.me	closed due to spamming
url4.eu	2012-04-13 dead
urlx.ie	2012-04-13 dead
w34.us	2012-04-13 dead
zi.ma	2012-04-13 dead
budurl.com	non-free (USD 8/month)
clipurl.us
digg.com
dwarfurl.com
fb.me
fff.to
ff.im
idek.net
ln-s.net
loopt.us
lost.in
memurl.com
merky.de
moourl.com
nanourl.se
notlong.com
om.ly
peaurl.com
ping.fm
piurl.com
plurl.me
poprl.com
post.ly
qlnk.net
rde.me
reallytinyurl.com
retwt.me
rubyurl.com
short.ie
short.to
smallr.com
sn.im
snipr.com = snipurl.com = snurl.com
sn.vc
su.pr
tiny.cc
tinysong.com
togoto.us
tra.kz
trg.li
tr.im
trim.li
twurl.cc
twurl.nl
u.mavrev.com
ur1.ca
url.az
url.ie
xrl.us
zurl.ws

Remarks

• the API of bit.lt resides on the host api.bit.ly - good choice!