+== URL Shorteners ==
+
kleine sammlung von URL shortener websites:
- bit.ly, cli.gs, digg.com, fb.me, is.gd, j.mp, kl.am, su.pr, tinyurl.com,
- goo.gl, 307.to, adjix.com, b23.ru, bacn.me, bloat.me, budurl.com,
- clipurl.us, cort.as, dwarfurl.com, ff.im, fff.to, href.in, idek.net,
- korta.nu, lin.cr, livesi.de, ln-s.net, loopt.us, lost.in, memurl.com,
- merky.de, migre.me, moourl.com, nanourl.se, om.ly, ow.ly, peaurl.com,
- ping.fm, piurl.com, plurl.me, pnt.me, poprl.com, post.ly, rde.me,
- reallytinyurl.com, redir.ec, retwt.me, rubyurl.com, short.ie, short.to,
- smallr.com, sn.im, sn.vc, snipr.com, snipurl.com, snurl.com, tiny.cc,
- tinysong.com, togoto.us, tr.im, tra.kz, trg.li, twurl.cc, twurl.nl,
- u.mavrev.com, u.nu, ur1.ca, url.az, url.ie, urlx.ie, w34.us, xrl.us,
- yep.it, zi.ma, zurl.ws, chilp.it, notlong.com, qlnk.net, trim.li, url4.eu
+{| class="prettytable"
+!site
+!APIs
+!Example
+|-
+| [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://goo.gl goo.gl]
+| [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/]
+| 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/1.0/url/shorten?apiKey=12345ABCD57EF&longUrl=http://hootsuite.com
+|-
+| [http://is.gd is.gd]
+| [http://is.gd/apishorteningreference.php]
+| http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
+|-
+| [http://b23.ru b23.ru]
+| [http://b23.ru/about/api/]
+| http://username:apikey@b23.ru/api/shorten/http://blafasel.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://korta.nu korta.nu]
+| [http://korta.nu/api.php]
+| http://korta.nu/api/api.php?url=http://www.google.se
+|-
+| [http://yep.it yep.it]
+| [http://yep.it/apipage.php]
+| http://yep.it/api.php?url=URL
+|-
+| [http://redir.ec redir.ec]
+| [http://redir.ec/_api]
+| http://redir.ec/_api/rest/redirec/create?url=http://foobar.com/
+|-
+| [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://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://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://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 ==
+
+{| 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!