+== URL Shorteners ==
+
kleine sammlung von URL shortener websites:
{| class="prettytable"
!site
-!API?
-|-
-| 307.to
-|-
-| adjix.com
+!APIs
+!Example
|-
-| b23.ru
+| [http://bit.ly bit.ly] / [http://j.mp j.mp]
+| [http://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation api.bit.ly]
+| requires a personal key o_O
|-
-| bacn.me
+| [http://goo.gl goo.gl]
+| http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/
+| JSON: http://code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/v1/getting_started.html#shorten
|-
-| bit.ly
+| [http://tinyurl.com tinyurl.com]
+| [http://nerdpress.org/2009/10/15/tiny-urls-mit-php-und-de-tinyurl-api/ 1]
+| http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://www.guckes.net/
|-
-| bloat.me
+| [http://ow.ly ow.ly]
+| http://ow.ly/api-docs
+| http://ow.ly/api/1.0/url/shorten?apiKey=12345ABCD57EF&longUrl=http://hootsuite.com
|-
-| budurl.com
+| [http://u.nu u.nu]
+| dead! see http://www.techzilo.com/unu-shortest-url-shortener/
+| http://u.nu/unu-api-simple?url=$URL
|-
-| chilp.it
+| [http://is.gd is.gd]
+| [http://is.gd/apishorteningreference.php]
+| http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=www.example.com
|-
-| cli.gs
+| [http://b23.ru b23.ru]
+| [http://b23.ru/about/api/]
+| http://username:apikey@b23.ru/api/shorten/http://blafasel.com/
|-
-| clipurl.us
+| [http://cort.as cort.as]
+| [http://cortas.elpais.com/api-cortas.html]
+| http://cortas.elpais.com/encode.pl?u=http://foobar.com/&r=json
|-
-| cort.as
+| [http://korta.nu korta.nu]
+| http://korta.nu/api.php
+| http://korta.nu/api/api.php?url=http://www.google.se
|-
-| digg.com
+| [http://yep.it yep.it]
+| [http://yep.it/apipage.php]
+| http://yep.it/api.php?url=URL
|-
-| dwarfurl.com
+| [http://redir.ec redir.ec]
+| [http://redir.ec/_api]
+| http://redir.ec/_api/rest/redirec/create?url=http://foobar.com/
|-
-| fb.me
+| [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
|-
-| fff.to
+| [http://migre.me migre.me]
+| [http://www.migre.me/api-migreme/]
+| http://migre.me/api.txt?url=http://example.com/
+|}
+
+== TODO ==
+
+{| class="prettytable"
+!site
+!APIs
+!Example
|-
-| ff.im
+| [http://p.ly p.ly]
+| closed due to spamming (hrhr)
|-
-| goo.gl
+| [http://307.to 307.to]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| href.in
+| [http://adjix.com adjix.com]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| idek.net
+| [http://bacn.me bacn.me]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| is.gd
+| [http://bloat.me bloat.me]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| j.mp
+| [http://cli.gs cli.gs]
+| no API documentation, no working logins
|-
-| kl.am
+| [http://href.in href.in]
+| not a URL shortener
|-
-| korta.nu
+| [http://kl.am kl.am]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| lin.cr
+| [http://lin.cr lin.cr]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| livesi.de
+| [http://livesi.de livesi.de]
+| redirects to bitly, can't be used as alternative domain
|-
-| ln-s.net
+| [http://pnt.me pnt.me]
+| closed due to spamming
|-
-| loopt.us
+| [http://url4.eu url4.eu]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| lost.in
+| [http://urlx.ie urlx.ie]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| memurl.com
+| [http://w34.us w34.us]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| merky.de
+| [http://zi.ma zi.ma]
+| 2012-04-13 dead
|-
-| migre.me
+| [http://budurl.com budurl.com]
+| non-free (USD 8/month)
|-
-| moourl.com
+| [http://clipurl.us clipurl.us]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| nanourl.se
+| [http://digg.com digg.com]
+| not a URL shortener
|-
-| notlong.com
+| [http://dwarfurl.com dwarfurl.com]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| om.ly
+| [http://fb.me fb.me]
+| no public API?
|-
-| ow.ly
+| [http://fff.to fff.to]
+| no API
|-
-| peaurl.com
+| [http://ff.im ff.im]
+| no API
|-
-| ping.fm
+| [http://idek.net idek.net]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| piurl.com
+| [http://ln-s.net ln-s.net]
|-
-| plurl.me
+| [http://loopt.us loopt.us]
+| not a URL shortener
|-
-| pnt.me
+| [http://lost.in lost.in]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| poprl.com
+| [http://memurl.com memurl.com]
+| no API
|-
-| post.ly
+| [http://merky.de merky.de]
|-
-| qlnk.net
+| [http://moourl.com moourl.com]
+| no API
|-
-| rde.me
+| [http://nanourl.se nanourl.se]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| reallytinyurl.com
+| [http://notlong.com notlong.com]
+| no proper API
|-
-| redir.ec
+| [http://om.ly om.ly]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| retwt.me
+| [http://peaurl.com peaurl.com]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| rubyurl.com
+| [http://ping.fm ping.fm]
+| not a URL shortener
|-
-| short.ie
+| [http://piurl.com piurl.com]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| short.to
+| [http://plurl.me plurl.me]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| smallr.com
+| [http://poprl.com poprl.com]
+| 2012-04-17 dead
|-
-| sn.im
+| [http://post.ly post.ly]
+| not a URL shortener
|-
-| snipr.com
+| [http://qlnk.net qlnk.net]
|-
-| snipurl.com
+| [http://rde.me rde.me]
|-
-| snurl.com
+| [http://reallytinyurl.com reallytinyurl.com]
|-
-| sn.vc
+| [http://retwt.me retwt.me]
|-
-| su.pr
+| [http://rubyurl.com rubyurl.com]
|-
-| tiny.cc
+| [http://short.ie short.ie]
|-
-| tinysong.com
+| [http://short.to short.to]
|-
-| tinyurl.com
+| [http://smallr.com smallr.com]
|-
-| togoto.us
+| [http://sn.im sn.im]
|-
-| tra.kz
+| [http://snipr.com snipr.com] =
+[http://snipurl.com snipurl.com] =
+[http://snurl.com snurl.com]
|-
-| trg.li
+| [http://sn.vc sn.vc]
|-
-| tr.im
+| [http://su.pr su.pr]
|-
-| trim.li
+| [http://tiny.cc tiny.cc]
|-
-| twurl.cc
+| [http://tinysong.com tinysong.com]
|-
-| twurl.nl
+| [http://togoto.us togoto.us]
|-
-| u.mavrev.com
+| [http://tra.kz tra.kz]
|-
-| u.nu
+| [http://trg.li trg.li]
|-
-| ur1.ca
+| [http://tr.im tr.im]
|-
-| url4.eu
+| [http://trim.li trim.li]
|-
-| url.az
+| [http://twurl.cc twurl.cc]
|-
-| url.ie
+| [http://twurl.nl twurl.nl]
|-
-| urlx.ie
+| [http://u.mavrev.com u.mavrev.com]
|-
-| w34.us
+| [http://ur1.ca ur1.ca]
|-
-| xrl.us
+| [http://url.az url.az]
|-
-| yep.it
+| [http://url.ie url.ie]
|-
-| zi.ma
+| [http://xrl.us xrl.us]
|-
-| zurl.ws
+| [http://zurl.ws zurl.ws]
|}
+
+== Remarks ==
+
+* the API of bit.lt resides on the host '''api.bit.ly''' - good choice!