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tiny-url-api.php
<?php
echo file_get_contents('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url='.'http://www.example.com/');
/* For example
http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://www.fullondesign.co.uk/
Would return:
http://tinyurl.com/d4px9f
*/
?>
@oscarsantiago
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oscarsantiago commented Jan 29, 2020

Ya no funciona!!

@Nixuge
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Nixuge commented Feb 10, 2020

Ya no funciona!!

It does work*

@Mr-Ventures
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Mr-Ventures commented Feb 26, 2020

Wow very powerful, nice!

@dante-nl
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dante-nl commented Apr 22, 2020

Works! I’m personally going to use it in Shortcuts

@rdileepa
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rdileepa commented May 7, 2020

Superb, thanks for sharing..

@dalelantofindshare
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dalelantofindshare commented Jun 9, 2020

thank you so much the most powerful one liner api I have ever used.

@UFO-84
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UFO-84 commented Jul 29, 2020

You can use with alias (nice key) also.
Ex: https://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=https://drivebird.com&alias=newdrivebird
Please note the alias must be available in their database as well as minimum 5 character long.

@laneboyandrew
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laneboyandrew commented Aug 4, 2020

The best solution, thank you so much

@drewmerk
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drewmerk commented Nov 25, 2020

Does anybody know if tinyurl.com enforces any rate limits or throttling on this endpoint?

@Deepanshusuman
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Deepanshusuman commented Nov 27, 2020

it is not working for me also giving 'Error' for custom alias

@drewmerk
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drewmerk commented Nov 30, 2020

it is not working for me also giving 'Error' for custom alias

That could be because you are using a custom alias that is already in use. Try a different custom alias.

@notetosiraj
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notetosiraj commented Jan 7, 2021

Hi ,it is working for me tested 10 dynamic url .Shall we use this for 1 lakh to generate dynamic url and has tinyurl officially announced API for this.

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usus2020 commented Jan 31, 2021

cool is working love it

@ivantexsul
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ivantexsul commented Mar 1, 2021

Very Cool! Made my job easier! Thanks!

@billyqureshi
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billyqureshi commented May 24, 2021 •
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This is so useful. I have three questions. Tiny says this is free as it is ad supported. Where are the ads?? Also, are there usage limits on this? And, what happens if a url you submit has already been shortened before ?
The website for its api has documentation for its restful api, there’s no mention of this one. It could stop working at any time !

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itspyguru commented Aug 3, 2021 •
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Python requests example

import requests

url = 'https://dwhistle.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/who-needed-to-be-saved-us-or-earth/'

base_url = 'http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url='
url = base_url + url
r = requests.get(url)
print(r.text)

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Jaytru1997 commented Sep 26, 2021 •
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urlShortner in Python

@nquenault
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nquenault commented Oct 7, 2021

Sadly, don't work using POST method

@drewmerk
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drewmerk commented Oct 7, 2021

Sadly, don't work using POST method

It works if you use GET method. Not sure why you'd need to use POST.

@Zulff-GitHub
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Zulff-GitHub commented Nov 18, 2021

Hi there,
I've been using this API since 2020 and it's awesome!

However, suddenly today (20211118) did not get successful response via GET.
Got error code 503.

Please help.

@jvrocamora
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jvrocamora commented Nov 18, 2021 •
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Today, 20211118 doesnt work !!!

Appears a html page with:
Just a moment...

@abhisheksurve45
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abhisheksurve45 commented Nov 18, 2021

try with https

@danouche93
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danouche93 commented Nov 18, 2021 •
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I got error 503 too from this morning, now it's back

@inderjitpassi
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inderjitpassi commented Nov 18, 2021

Right @danouche93 it's back now. Thanks

@rickykusriana
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rickykusriana commented Dec 1, 2021

is there a limit to the use of this API?

@AliAryanTech
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AliAryanTech commented Jun 29, 2022

Wow, Thanks it's working...

@Techbeastz
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Techbeastz commented Nov 11, 2025

does this still working in right now???

@dardo82
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dardo82 commented Nov 11, 2025

does this still working in right now???

Did you try it? 👨‍💻

@Techbeastz
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Techbeastz commented Nov 11, 2025

does this still working in right now???

Did you try it? 👨‍💻

No thats why I am asking it

@dardo82
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dardo82 commented Nov 11, 2025

does this still working in right now???

Did you try it? 👨‍💻

No thats why I am asking it

Problem solved. 🙃

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