Shorten Link

This API converts long URLs into short URLs.

If the same long URL has already been shortened in the same account, it will return the previously shortened URL.

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Example #1: Shorten google.com

You can short google.com by request API URL: https://api.u301.com/v2/shorten?url=https://google.com, even if visit the URL directly in the browser.

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Example #2: Specify Domain

We assume you have already added your own domain go.example.com, you can shorten your link by request API:

https://api.u301.com/v2/shorten?domain=go.example.com&url=https://google.com

Which specifies the domain in the query string, and that will override the default domain.

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Example #3: Custom Alias

We’d like to create a shortened link u301.co/dashboard which point to u301 dashboard.
Request with a parameter slug:
https://api.u301.com/v2/shorten?url=https://u301.com/dashboard/&slug=dashboard

the returned result is

{
  "hostname": "u301.com",
  "url": "https://u301.com/dashboard/",
  "code": "cZ",
  "tally": 216,
  "status": "public",
  "slug": "dashboard",
  "urlPrefix": "https://u301.co",
  "domain": "u301.co",
  "shortened": "https://u301.co/dashboard"
}

You can see the link in field shortened is https://u301.co/dashboard 🎉