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/
qlnk.net	[8]	http://qlnk.net/api.php?url=http://www.example.com/path
togoto.us	[9]	togoto.us/api.php?u=<url>
twurl.nl	[10]	curl http://tweetburner.com/links -d link[url]=twitter.com
url.ie	[11]	http://url.ie/site/api/tinyurl/create/?url=<url>
xrl.us	[12]	http://metamark.net/api/rest/simple?long_url=<url>
ln-s.net	[13]	curl http://ln-s.net/home/api.jsp -d 'url=<url>'

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	2012-04-17 dead
digg.com	not a URL shortener
dwarfurl.com	2012-04-17 dead
fb.me	no public API?
fff.to	no API
ff.im	no API
idek.net	2012-04-17 dead
loopt.us	not a URL shortener
lost.in	2012-04-17 dead
memurl.com	no API
merky.de
moourl.com	no API
nanourl.se	2012-04-17 dead
notlong.com	no proper API
om.ly	2012-04-17 dead
peaurl.com	2012-04-17 dead
ping.fm	not a URL shortener
piurl.com	2012-04-17 dead
plurl.me	2012-04-17 dead
poprl.com	2012-04-17 dead
post.ly	not a URL shortener
rde.me	2012-04-17 dead
reallytinyurl.com	2012-04-17 dead
retwt.me	redirects to tweetmeme.com, no URL shortening API
rubyurl.com	2012-04-17 dead
short.ie	2012-04-17 dead
short.to	2012-04-17 dead
smallr.com	2012-04-17 dead
snipr.com = snipurl.com = snurl.com = sn.im	no supported API
sn.vc	2012-04-17 dead
su.pr	no API (is it even a URL shortener?)
tiny.cc
tinysong.com	not a URL shortener
tra.kz	requires an API key that must be requested by email o_O
trg.li	2012-04-17 dead
tr.im	2012-04-17 dead
trim.li	2012-04-17 dead
twurl.cc	2012-04-17 dead
u.mavrev.com	2012-04-17 discontinued: [14]
ur1.ca
url.az	no API
zurl.ws

Remarks

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