(Yet another) short URL service
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:30 - Daniel - Other - Comments (0)
I've set up a short URL service at url.pew.cc. It's basically the same as tinyurl.com, but with a cool ajax UI. Yay ;). And the best? url.pew.cc is one character shorter then tinyurl.com. Now if that ain't a perfect reason to use it.
Anyway, I just wanted to do my own url shortening and don't rely on a third party service for it. url.pew.cc is powered by php and sqlite. It has the same API as tinyurl.com. http://url.pew.cc/files/api-create.php?url=URL will respond with the short url. Adding format xml will respond with an xml file and a bit more verbose error messages, e.g. http://url.pew.cc/files/api-create.php?format=xml&url=URL.
The xml format used is:
<shorturl>
<status>0</status>
<url>ORIGINAL URL</url>
<short>SHORT VERSION</short>
</shorturl>
And for errors:
<shorturl>
<status>1</status>
<error>ERROR MESSAGE</error>
</shorturl>
Sorry, there is no create.php for a fancy html output. If you want to use it as a bookmarklet, this will have to do. Bookmark this link: url.pew.cc
If it works alright I might share the code at some point.
Tags: php jquery javascript pew.cc sqlite tinyurl
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