!Example
|-
| [http://bit.ly bit.ly] / [http://j.mp j.mp]
-| [http://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation api.bit.ly]
+| [http://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation]
| requires a personal key o_O
|-
| [http://goo.gl goo.gl]
-| http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/
+| [http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/]
| JSON: http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/v1/getting_started.html#shorten
|-
| [http://tinyurl.com tinyurl.com]
-| [http://nerdpress.org/2009/10/15/tiny-urls-mit-php-und-de-tinyurl-api/ 1]
+| [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://ow.ly ow.ly]
-| http://ow.ly/api-docs
+| [http://ow.ly/api-docs]
| http://ow.ly/api/1.0/url/shorten?apiKey=12345ABCD57EF&longUrl=http://hootsuite.com
|-
-| [http://u.nu u.nu]
-| dead! see http://www.techzilo.com/unu-shortest-url-shortener/
-| http://u.nu/unu-api-simple?url=$URL
-|-
| [http://is.gd is.gd]
| [http://is.gd/apishorteningreference.php]
| http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
| http://cortas.elpais.com/encode.pl?u=http://foobar.com/&r=json
|-
| [http://korta.nu korta.nu]
-| http://korta.nu/api.php
+| [http://korta.nu/api.php]
| http://korta.nu/api/api.php?url=http://www.google.se
|-
| [http://yep.it yep.it]
| [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
|}
== TODO ==
!APIs
!Example
|-
-| [http://p.ly p.ly]
-| closed due to spamming (hrhr)
-|-
-| [http://307.to 307.to]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
-|-
-| [http://adjix.com adjix.com]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://ur1.ca ur1.ca]
|-
-| [http://bacn.me bacn.me]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://zurl.ws zurl.ws]
+|}
+
+= No API =
+
+sites with no API - or problems (license/money/restrictions) with API:
+
+{| class="prettytable"
+!site
+!comment
|-
-| [http://bloat.me bloat.me]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://budurl.com budurl.com]
+| non-free (USD 8/month)
|-
| [http://cli.gs cli.gs]
| no API documentation, no working logins
|-
-| [http://href.in href.in]
-| not a URL shortener
+| [http://fb.me fb.me]
|-
-| [http://kl.am kl.am]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://fff.to fff.to]
|-
-| [http://lin.cr lin.cr]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://ff.im ff.im]
|-
| [http://livesi.de livesi.de]
| redirects to bitly, can't be used as alternative domain
|-
-| [http://pnt.me pnt.me]
-| closed due to spamming
+| [http://memurl.com memurl.com]
|-
-| [http://url4.eu url4.eu]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://moourl.com moourl.com]
|-
-| [http://urlx.ie urlx.ie]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://notlong.com notlong.com]
+| no proper API, weird perl module
|-
-| [http://w34.us w34.us]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://retwt.me retwt.me]
+| redirects to tweetmeme.com, no URL shortening API
|-
-| [http://zi.ma zi.ma]
-| 2012-04-13 dead
+| [http://www.shorl.com shorl.com]
|-
-| [http://budurl.com budurl.com]
-| non-free (USD 8/month)
+| [http://www.shurl.org shurl.org]
|-
-| [http://clipurl.us clipurl.us]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+|
+[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://digg.com digg.com]
-| not a URL shortener
+| [http://su.pr su.pr]
+| no API (is it even a URL shortener?)
|-
-| [http://dwarfurl.com dwarfurl.com]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| [http://tiny.cc tiny.cc]
+| requires API key; restrictions to number of accesses
|-
-| [http://fb.me fb.me]
-| no public API?
+| [http://tra.kz tra.kz]
+| requires an API key that must be requested by email o_O
|-
-| [http://fff.to fff.to]
-| no API
+| [http://url.az url.az]
+|}
+
+= NoShort =
+
+these sites arent URL shorteners:
+
+{| class="prettytable"
+!site
|-
-| [http://ff.im ff.im]
-| no API
+| [http://digg.com digg.com]
|-
-| [http://idek.net idek.net]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| [http://href.in href.in]
|-
| [http://loopt.us loopt.us]
-| not a URL shortener
|-
-| [http://lost.in lost.in]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| [http://ping.fm ping.fm]
|-
-| [http://memurl.com memurl.com]
-| no API
+| [http://post.ly post.ly]
|-
-| [http://merky.de merky.de]
+| [http://tinysong.com tinysong.com]
+|}
+
+= Dead =
+
+"it's dead, Jim!"
+
+{| class="prettytable"
+!check
+!site
|-
-| [http://moourl.com moourl.com]
-| no API
+| 2012-04-13 || [http://307.to 307.to]
|-
-| [http://nanourl.se nanourl.se]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-13 || [http://adjix.com adjix.com]
|-
-| [http://notlong.com notlong.com]
-| no proper API
+| 2012-04-13 || [http://bacn.me bacn.me]
|-
-| [http://om.ly om.ly]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-13 || [http://bloat.me bloat.me]
|-
-| [http://peaurl.com peaurl.com]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-18 || [http://www.clipURL.com clipURL.com] || invalid hostname
|-
-| [http://ping.fm ping.fm]
-| not a URL shortener
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://clipurl.us clipurl.us]
|-
-| [http://piurl.com piurl.com]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://dwarfurl.com dwarfurl.com]
|-
-| [http://plurl.me plurl.me]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://u.mavrev.com u.mavrev.com] || [http://mavrev.com/site/story/public_shortening_via_urlshort_at_umavrevcom_discontinued/ discontinued]
|-
-| [http://poprl.com poprl.com]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://idek.net idek.net]
|-
-| [http://post.ly post.ly]
-| not a URL shortener
+| 2012-04-18 || [http://jtty.com Jitty]
|-
-| [http://rde.me rde.me]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-13 || [http://kl.am kl.am]
|-
-| [http://reallytinyurl.com reallytinyurl.com]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-13 || [http://lin.cr lin.cr]
|-
-| [http://retwt.me retwt.me]
-| redirects to tweetmeme.com, no URL shortening API
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://lost.in lost.in]
|-
-| [http://rubyurl.com rubyurl.com]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://nanourl.se nanourl.se]
|-
-| [http://short.ie short.ie]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://om.ly om.ly]
|-
-| [http://short.to short.to]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://peaurl.com peaurl.com]
|-
-| [http://smallr.com smallr.com]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://piurl.com piurl.com]
|-
-| [http://snipr.com snipr.com] =
-[http://snipurl.com snipurl.com] =
-[http://snurl.com snurl.com] =
-[http://sn.im sn.im]
-| no supported API
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://plurl.me plurl.me]
|-
-| [http://sn.vc sn.vc]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://p.ly p.ly] || closed due to spamming (hrhr)
|-
-| [http://su.pr su.pr]
-| no API (is it even a URL shortener?)
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://pnt.me pnt.me] || closed due to spamming
|-
-| [http://tiny.cc tiny.cc]
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://poprl.com poprl.com]
|-
-| [http://tinysong.com tinysong.com]
-| not a URL shortener
+| 2012-04-18 || [http://qurl.net qurl.net]
|-
-| [http://tra.kz tra.kz]
-| requires an API key that must be requested by email o_O
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://rde.me rde.me]
|-
-| [http://trg.li trg.li]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://reallytinyurl.com reallytinyurl.com]
|-
-| [http://tr.im tr.im]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://rubyurl.com rubyurl.com]
|-
-| [http://trim.li trim.li]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-18 || [http://rurl.org rurl.com]
|-
-| [http://twurl.cc twurl.cc]
-| 2012-04-17 dead
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://short.ie short.ie]
|-
-| [http://u.mavrev.com u.mavrev.com]
-| 2012-04-17 discontinued: [http://mavrev.com/site/story/public_shortening_via_urlshort_at_umavrevcom_discontinued/]
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://short.to short.to]
|-
-| [http://ur1.ca ur1.ca]
+| 2012-04-18 || [http://shrinkster.com shrinkster.com]
|-
-| [http://url.az url.az]
-| no API
+| 2012-04-17 || [http://smallr.com smallr.com]
|-
-| [http://zurl.ws zurl.ws]
+| 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 ==
+= Remarks =
* the API of bit.lt resides on the host '''api.bit.ly''' - good choice!