UrlShorteners

URL Shorteners

kleine sammlung von URL shortener websites:

site	APIs	Example
7.ly	[1]	http://7.ly/api/short?longurl=http://www.google.de/
b1t.it	[2]	curl -d "url=http://identi.ca/notice/62924740" http://b1t.it
b23.ru	[3]	http://username:apikey@b23.ru/api/shorten/http://blafasel.com/
bit.ly / j.mp	[4]	requires a personal key o_O
chilp.it	[5]	http://chilp.it/api.php?url=http://www.example.com
cort.as	[6]	http://cortas.elpais.com/encode.pl?u=http://foobar.com/&r=json
goo.gl	[7]	JSON: http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/v1/getting_started.html#shorten
is.gd	[8]	http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
korta.nu	[9]	http://korta.nu/api/api.php?url=http://www.google.se
ow.ly	[10]	http://ow.ly/api/1.0/url/shorten?apiKey=12345ABCD57EF&longUrl=http://hootsuite.com
redir.ec	[11]	http://redir.ec/_api/rest/redirec/create?url=http://foobar.com/
ln-s.net	[12]	curl http://ln-s.net/home/api.jsp -d 'url=<url>'
merky.de	[13]	http://merky.de/api/?url=<ihre_lange_url>&short=1
migre.me	[14]	http://migre.me/api.txt?url=http://example.com/
qlnk.net	[15]	http://qlnk.net/api.php?url=http://www.example.com/path
tinyurl.com	[16]	http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://www.guckes.net/
togoto.us	[17]	togoto.us/api.php?u=<url>
twurl.nl	[18]	curl http://tweetburner.com/links -d link[url]=twitter.com
url.ie	[19]	http://url.ie/site/api/tinyurl/create/?url=<url>
xrl.us	[20]	http://metamark.net/api/rest/simple?long_url=<url>
yep.it	[21]	http://yep.it/api.php?url=URL

TODO

site	APIs	Example
ur1.ca
zurl.ws

No API

sites with no API - or problems (license/money/restrictions) with API:

site	comment
budurl.com	non-free (USD 8/month)
cli.gs	no API documentation, no working logins
fb.me
fff.to
ff.im
livesi.de	redirects to bitly, can't be used as alternative domain
memurl.com
moourl.com
notlong.com	no proper API, weird perl module
retwt.me	redirects to tweetmeme.com, no URL shortening API
shorl.com
shurl.org
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
2012-04-18	clipURL.com	invalid hostname
2012-04-17	clipurl.us
2012-04-17	dwarfurl.com
2012-04-17	u.mavrev.com	discontinued
2012-04-17	idek.net
2012-04-18	Jitty
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	p.ly	closed due to spamming (hrhr)
2012-04-17	pnt.me	closed due to spamming
2012-04-17	poprl.com
2012-04-18	qurl.net
2012-04-17	rde.me
2012-04-17	reallytinyurl.com
2012-04-17	rubyurl.com
2012-04-18	rurl.com
2012-04-17	short.ie
2012-04-17	short.to
2012-04-18	shrinkster.com
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 [22]
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!