== URL Shorteners ==

kleine sammlung von URL shortener websites:

{| class="prettytable"
!site
!APIs
!Example
|-
| [http://7.ly/ 7.ly]
| [http://7.ly/api]
| http://7.ly/api/short?longurl=http://www.google.de/
|-
| [http://b1t.it/ b1t.it]
| [http://b1t.it/docs/api.html]
| curl -d "url=http://identi.ca/notice/62924740" http://b1t.it
|-
| [http://b23.ru b23.ru]
| [http://b23.ru/about/api/]
| http://username:apikey@b23.ru/api/shorten/http://blafasel.com/
|-
| [http://bit.ly bit.ly] / [http://j.mp j.mp]
| [http://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation]
| requires a personal key o_O
|-
| [http://chilp.it chilp.it]
| [http://chilp.it/ap.htm?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=630&width=620]
| http://chilp.it/api.php?url=http://www.example.com
|-
| [http://cort.as cort.as]
| [http://cortas.elpais.com/api-cortas.html]
| http://cortas.elpais.com/encode.pl?u=http://foobar.com/&r=json
|-
| [http://goo.gl goo.gl]
| [http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/]
| JSON: http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/v1/getting_started.html#shorten
|-
| [http://is.gd is.gd]
| [http://is.gd/apishorteningreference.php]
| http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
|-
| [http://korta.nu korta.nu]
| [http://korta.nu/api.php]
| http://korta.nu/api/api.php?url=http://www.google.se
|-
| [http://ow.ly ow.ly]
| [http://ow.ly/api-docs]
| http://ow.ly/api/1.0/url/shorten?apiKey=12345ABCD57EF&longUrl=http://hootsuite.com
|-
| [http://redir.ec redir.ec]
| [http://redir.ec/_api]
| http://redir.ec/_api/rest/redirec/create?url=http://foobar.com/
|-
| [http://ln-s.net ln-s.net]
| [http://ln-s.net/home/apidoc.jsp]
| curl http://ln-s.net/home/api.jsp -d 'url=<url>'
|-
| [http://merky.de merky.de]
| [http://merky.de/api.php]
| http://merky.de/api/?url=<ihre_lange_url>&short=1
|-
| [http://migre.me migre.me]
| [http://www.migre.me/api-migreme/]
| http://migre.me/api.txt?url=http://example.com/
|-
| [http://qlnk.net qlnk.net]
| [http://qlnk.net/]
| http://qlnk.net/api.php?url=http://www.example.com/path
|-
| [http://tinyurl.com tinyurl.com]
| [http://nerdpress.org/2009/10/15/tiny-urls-mit-php-und-de-tinyurl-api/]
| http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://www.guckes.net/
|-
| [http://togoto.us togoto.us]
| [http://www.togoto.us/api-info.php]
|  togoto.us/api.php?u=<url> 
|-
| [http://twurl.nl twurl.nl]
| [http://tweetburner.com/api]
| curl http://tweetburner.com/links -d link[url]=twitter.com
|-
| [http://url.ie url.ie]
| [http://blog.url.ie/2010/05/using-url-ie-in-tweetdeck-for-desktops/#more-14]
| http://url.ie/site/api/tinyurl/create/?url=<url>
|-
| [http://xrl.us xrl.us]
| [http://metamark.net/docs/api/rest.html]
| http://metamark.net/api/rest/simple?long_url=<url>
|-
| [http://yep.it yep.it]
| [http://yep.it/apipage.php]
| http://yep.it/api.php?url=URL
|}

== TODO ==

{| class="prettytable"
!site
!APIs
!Example
|-
| [http://ur1.ca ur1.ca]
|-
| [http://zurl.ws zurl.ws]
|}

= No API =

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

{| class="prettytable"
!site
!comment
|-
| [http://budurl.com budurl.com]
| non-free (USD 8/month)
|-
| [http://cli.gs cli.gs]
| no API documentation, no working logins
|-
| [http://fb.me fb.me]
|-
| [http://fff.to fff.to]
|-
| [http://ff.im ff.im]
|-
| [http://livesi.de livesi.de]
| redirects to bitly, can't be used as alternative domain
|-
| [http://memurl.com memurl.com]
|-
| [http://moourl.com moourl.com]
|-
| [http://notlong.com notlong.com]
| no proper API, weird perl module
|-
| [http://retwt.me retwt.me]
| redirects to tweetmeme.com, no URL shortening API
|-
| [http://www.shorl.com shorl.com]
|-
| [http://www.shurl.org shurl.org]
|-
|
[http://snipr.com snipr.com] = <br>
[http://snipurl.com snipurl.com] = <br>
[http://snurl.com snurl.com] = <br>
[http://sn.im sn.im]
| no supported API
|-
| [http://su.pr su.pr]
| no API (is it even a URL shortener?)
|-
| [http://tiny.cc tiny.cc]
| requires API key; restrictions to number of accesses
|-
| [http://tra.kz tra.kz]
| requires an API key that must be requested by email o_O
|-
| [http://url.az url.az]
|}

= NoShort =

these sites arent URL shorteners:

{| class="prettytable"
!site
|-
| [http://digg.com digg.com]
|-
| [http://href.in href.in]
|-
| [http://loopt.us loopt.us]
|-
| [http://ping.fm ping.fm]
|-
| [http://post.ly post.ly]
|-
| [http://tinysong.com tinysong.com]
|}

= Dead =

"it's dead, Jim!"

{| class="prettytable"
!check
!site
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://307.to 307.to]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://adjix.com adjix.com]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://bacn.me bacn.me]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://bloat.me bloat.me]
|-
| 2012-04-18 || [http://www.clipURL.com clipURL.com] || invalid hostname
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://clipurl.us clipurl.us]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://dwarfurl.com dwarfurl.com]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://u.mavrev.com u.mavrev.com] || [http://mavrev.com/site/story/public_shortening_via_urlshort_at_umavrevcom_discontinued/ discontinued]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://idek.net idek.net]
|-
| 2012-04-18 || [http://jtty.com Jitty]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://kl.am kl.am]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://lin.cr lin.cr]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://lost.in lost.in]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://nanourl.se nanourl.se]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://om.ly om.ly]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://peaurl.com peaurl.com]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://piurl.com piurl.com]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://plurl.me plurl.me]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://p.ly p.ly] || closed due to spamming (hrhr)
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://pnt.me pnt.me] || closed due to spamming
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://poprl.com poprl.com]
|-
| 2012-04-18 || [http://qurl.net qurl.net]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://rde.me rde.me]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://reallytinyurl.com reallytinyurl.com]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://rubyurl.com rubyurl.com]
|-
| 2012-04-18 || [http://rurl.org rurl.com]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://short.ie short.ie]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://short.to short.to]
|-
| 2012-04-18 || [http://shrinkster.com shrinkster.com]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://smallr.com smallr.com]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://sn.vc sn.vc]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://trg.li trg.li]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://tr.im tr.im]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://trim.li trim.li]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://twurl.cc twurl.cc]
|-
| 2012-04-17 || [http://u.nu u.nu] [http://www.techzilo.com/unu-shortest-url-shortener/]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://url4.eu url4.eu]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://urlx.ie urlx.ie]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://w34.us w34.us]
|-
| 2012-04-13 || [http://zi.ma zi.ma]
|}

= Remarks =

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