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SubscribeTinyURL JavaScript API
I've been writing a bookmarklet for Twitter that will allow you to post URLs to Twitter, that are first compressed using TinyURL.
So I thought I'd share the TinyURL callback API I wrote.
The API allows the dynamic creation of TinyURLs on the fly using JavaScript.
The API url is: http://remysharp.com/tinyurlapi
Here's the source code for your own hosting: http://remysharp.com/downloads/tinyurlapi.php
There are full instructions and examples on the page along with a demonstration.
Note that since creating the script, TinyURL have changed their page so we can't create tinyurls on the fly (though we can still look up), so I've plugged in is.gk instead for creation.
You should follow me on Twitter here I'll tweet about JavaScript, HTML 5 and other such gems (amongst usual tweet-splurges)
Introducing HTML5%7Cutmcsr%3D(direct)%7Cutmcmd%3D(none)%3B%2B__utmv%3D67364260.-%3B)
Hey would it be possible to have this put onto my website?
I run a little game you see and users are cheating by sending out tinyURL links
And the other members are clicking them and coursing chaos.
Thanks, Jamie.
Hay Remy, nice job, thanks for this. You mentioned that we could get the code to host on our own site - is that possible? If so, could you please tell me where I can download it? Great stuff though, very useful - thanks
btw I am not the same Jamie as above! Just noticed that - hi Jamie
Jamie
@Jamie + Jamie - yep - I've added a link to the source code in the original post above. Cheers.
Thanks and good job!
I writed about your api in my blog and I'm using it on feedky.com
@Remy @jimbo
Hi!
As an ISP in Spain has blocked TinyURL (it seems that ISP has added them to their own 'axis of evil'), I edited the script for modify not only the title, but also the href, the link itself.
I haved posted the script here:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/35928
Thanks for your job!
This is amazing. Ingenious to parse the DOM of the preview page.
I've incorporated your code into my site, which fetches and displays my Twitter tweets... now that I can do the reverse tinyurl lookup, I can parse youtube links that I've posted and embed them in the page.
Thank you!
I ran a quick test and it seems that Arun's method above of using an fsock & reading the header is about 3x faster than parsing the DOM... also seems less prone to getting broken by cosmetic changes at tinyurl. His code needs a bit of restructuring to be error safe, but I would consider incorporating his method into your code.