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Tiny URL API
<?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
*/
?>
@laneboyandrew
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The best solution, thank you so much

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

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

@drewmerk
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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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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.

@usus2020
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cool is working love it

@ivantexsul
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Very Cool! Made my job easier! Thanks!

@billyqureshi
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billyqureshi commented May 24, 2021

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 !

@pyGuru123
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pyGuru123 commented Aug 3, 2021

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)

@Jaytru1997
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Jaytru1997 commented Sep 26, 2021

@nquenault
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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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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

Today, 20211118 doesnt work !!!

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

@abhisheksurve45
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try with https

@danouche93
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danouche93 commented Nov 18, 2021

I got error 503 too from this morning, now it's back

@inderjitpassi
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Right @danouche93 it's back now. Thanks

@rickykusriana
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is there a limit to the use of this API?

@AliAryanTech
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Wow, Thanks it's working...

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