How to use TinyURL as an API for shortened links.

tinyurl.md

GET https://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=

Parameters

• <url> - the URL you want to shorten. Example: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis

Returns

Format: text

• Plaintext shortened URL

Examples

Python 3.6+

import requests

def shorten(link):
  resp = requests.get(f'https://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url={link}')
  return resp.content.decode()

Go

func shorten(link string) (string, error) {
	response, err := http.Get("https://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=" + link)

	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)

	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	response.Body.Close()
	return string(output), err
}