UrlShorteners

URL Shorteners

kleine sammlung von URL shortener websites:

site	APIs	Example
bit.ly / j.mp	[1]	requires a personal key o_O
goo.gl	[2]	JSON: http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/v1/getting_started.html#shorten
tinyurl.com	[3]	http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://www.guckes.net/
ow.ly	[4]	http://ow.ly/api/1.0/url/shorten?apiKey=12345ABCD57EF&longUrl=http://hootsuite.com
is.gd	[5]	http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
b23.ru	[6]	http://username:apikey@b23.ru/api/shorten/http://blafasel.com/
cort.as	[7]	http://cortas.elpais.com/encode.pl?u=http://foobar.com/&r=json
korta.nu	[8]	http://korta.nu/api/api.php?url=http://www.google.se
yep.it	[9]	http://yep.it/api.php?url=URL
redir.ec	[10]	http://redir.ec/_api/rest/redirec/create?url=http://foobar.com/
chilp.it	[11]	http://chilp.it/api.php?url=http://www.example.com
migre.me	[12]	http://migre.me/api.txt?url=http://example.com/
qlnk.net	[13]	http://qlnk.net/api.php?url=http://www.example.com/path
togoto.us	[14]	togoto.us/api.php?u=<url>
twurl.nl	[15]	curl http://tweetburner.com/links -d link[url]=twitter.com
url.ie	[16]	http://url.ie/site/api/tinyurl/create/?url=<url>
xrl.us	[17]	http://metamark.net/api/rest/simple?long_url=<url>
ln-s.net	[18]	curl http://ln-s.net/home/api.jsp -d 'url=<url>'
merky.de	[19]	http://merky.de/api/?url=<ihre_lange_url>&short=1

TODO

site	APIs	Example
clipURL.com
qurl.net
Jitty
rurl.com
shorl.com
shurl.org
shrinkster.com
snipURL.com
ur1.ca
zurl.ws
budurl.com	non-free (USD 8/month)
livesi.de	redirects to bitly, can't be used as alternative domain
p.ly	closed due to spamming (hrhr)
pnt.me	closed due to spamming
u.mavrev.com	2012-04-17 discontinued: [20]

No API

sites with no API - or problems with API:

site	comment
cli.gs	no API documentation, no working logins
fb.me
fff.to
ff.im
memurl.com
moourl.com
notlong.com	no proper API, weird perl module
retwt.me	redirects to tweetmeme.com, no URL shortening API
snipr.com = snipurl.com = snurl.com = sn.im	no supported API
su.pr	no API (is it even a URL shortener?)
tiny.cc	requires API key; restrictions to number of accesses
tra.kz	requires an API key that must be requested by email o_O
url.az

NoShort

these sites arent URL shorteners:

site
digg.com
href.in
loopt.us
ping.fm
post.ly
tinysong.com

Dead

"it's dead, Jim!"

check	site
2012-04-13	307.to
2012-04-13	adjix.com
2012-04-13	bacn.me
2012-04-13	bloat.me
2012-04-17	clipurl.us
2012-04-17	dwarfurl.com
2012-04-17	idek.net
2012-04-13	kl.am
2012-04-13	lin.cr
2012-04-17	lost.in
2012-04-17	nanourl.se
2012-04-17	om.ly
2012-04-17	peaurl.com
2012-04-17	piurl.com
2012-04-17	plurl.me
2012-04-17	poprl.com
2012-04-17	rde.me
2012-04-17	reallytinyurl.com
2012-04-17	rubyurl.com
2012-04-17	short.ie
2012-04-17	short.to
2012-04-17	smallr.com
2012-04-17	sn.vc
2012-04-17	trg.li
2012-04-17	tr.im
2012-04-17	trim.li
2012-04-17	twurl.cc
2012-04-17	u.nu [21]
2012-04-13	url4.eu
2012-04-13	urlx.ie
2012-04-13	w34.us
2012-04-13	zi.ma

Remarks

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