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== Researching URL Shorteners ==
'''
Here's what to do when you've come across a new URL shortener that should be archived. At minimum, please follow the first step. Anything beyond that is more helpful. Even if you don't know of any shorteners not on the list, additions, updates or verification of the information in existing shortener entries is very welcome!


{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: auto; text-align: center"
* Add it to the [[URLTeam#Alive|Alive]] section of this page in alphabetical order and include the current date. Please include whatever information you have, but at the absolute minimum, we need the domain.
! Shortener
** To add a new shortener to the [[URLTeam#Alive|Alive]] section, you can follow this template:
! Last Checked on
<pre>
! Notes
|- 
| shortener url || date (YYYY-MM-DD) 
| information you have gathered on the shortener 
</pre>
* Check the homepage. Is there a public method to create a shorturl? If so, create one and include it in the entry. If not, note that in the entry.
* If you were able to create a shorturl, try making a second. Is it sequential? For example, if the first link was foo.bar/dbE4g and the second link is foo.bar/dbE4h (or very close to it), it's probably sequential. If you get foo.bar/dbE4g followed by foo.bar/g4rTh, it's probably random. Note in the entry whether the shorturls are random or sequential.
* Run <code>curl -I http://url.short/validshortcode</code> and see which HTTP status code is returned. Also note whether it returns the destination in the Location: header. Note both in the entry.
* Run <code>curl -I http://url.short/invalidshortcode</code> and see which HTTP status code is returned. Note that in the entry.
* If the above fails, make a note of it in the entry and try using <code>curl -i</code> instead of <code>curl -I</code>
* Check the homepage, and see if they give a total number of shorturls that their service provides. If so, note that in the entry.
* There are browser plugins/extensions available to make the requests described above from your browser for those without access to <code>curl</code>/command line. (Examples: Advanced REST Client, REST Console)


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| 1o2.ir
| 2016-05-15
| site is in Arabic (I think); seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)


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| 2tag.nl
| 2016-05-15
| seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)


|-
== Researching URL Shorteners ==
| 9en.us
Here's what to do when you've come across a new URL shortener that should be archived. At minimum, please follow the first step. Anything beyond that is more helpful.
| 2016-05-15
| appears to charge for creating shorturls; seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)


|-
* Add it to the [[URLTeam#Alive|Alive]] section of this page in alphabetical order and the current date (hint: 5 tildes (<nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>) will do that automatically). Please include whatever information you have, but at the absolute minimum, we need the domain.
| ad7.biz
* Check the homepage. Is there a public method to create a shorturl? If so, create one and include it in the wiki. If not, note that in the wiki.
| 2016-05-15
* If you were able to create a shorturl, try making a second. Is it sequential? For example, if the first link was foo.bar/dbE4g and the second link is foo.bar/dbE4h (or very close to it), it's probably sequential. If you get foo.bar/dbE4g followed by foo.bar/g4rTh, it's probably random. Note on the wiki whether the shorturls are random or sequential.
| pays short URL creators; seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)
* Run <code>curl -I http://url.short/validshortcode</code> and see which HTTP status code is returned. Also note whether it returns the destination in the Location: header. Note both on the wiki.
* Run <code>curl -I http://url.short/invalidshortcode</code> and see which HTTP status code is returned. Note that on the wiki.
* Check the homepage, and see if they give a total number of shorturls that their service provides. If so, note that on the wiki.


|-
| adf.ly
| 2015-11-10
| incremental, but displays interstitial ads, so requires custom code; Ex: http://adf . ly/bnpYL ; http://adf . ly/1RP4DP (current as of 01:38, 10 November 2015 (EST)) (alias q.gs )


|-
| adfoc.us
|
| displays interstitial ads; appears to block curl; so requires custom code


|-
| asso.in
| 2016-05-15
| seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)


|-
''' Official Shorteners '''
| at5.us
| 2016-05-15
| seems alive as of 21:05, 15 May 2016 (EDT)


|-
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| at.cmt.com
! Shortener
|
! Last Checked on
| Country Music Television - Appears to be a vanity domain hosted on ow.ly infrastructure.
! Notes
 
|-
| b23 dot ru
| 2016-01-02
| seems alive as of 15:05, 2 January 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| bc.vc
|
| displays interstitial ads ; Example: http://bc . vc/8nCbMs
 
|-
| bernie.to
| 2016-03-21
| No public method for creating shortcodes. Homepage redirects to campaign homepage. 307 Proxy Redirect for (vaild) bernie.to/pb and /vol and same status code for invalid shortcode. Seems to all be custom names, according to those used on reddit: http://reddit.com/domain/bernie.to As of 17:24, 21 March 2016 (EDT)
 
|-
| budurl.com
| 2015-12-06
| Appears non-incremental, apparently all custom names; only paying clients allowed to create URLs (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST))
 
|-
| buff.ly
| 2015-12-07
| Buffer App ; ex: http://buff . ly/1fPIjQf (301 - existing; 404 - non-existing), non-incremental (checked as of 02:03, 7 December 2015 (EST))
 
|-
| buzurl.com
| 2015-12-19
| Example: http://buzurl . com/li04 ; link broken, home page is blank as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| canurl.com
| 2016-01-02
| Contains various random essays on URL shortening & spam; not clear if the shortener still exists as of 15:05, 2 January 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| cl.ly
|
| CloudApp ; requires application to create short URLs
 
|-
| cur.lv (CoinURL.com)
|
| Subdomains include: bit, go, in, jump, link, me, my, n, name, now, to.
 
|-
| decenturl.com
| 2016-02-10
| Makes human-readable URLs from page titles; not at all easy to scrape. Requires one-time payment and registration to create URLs as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| del.ly
|
| sprinklr
 
|-
| dfl8.me
| 2016-02-10
| previously had an archive of created URLs; requires a (broken) captcha to create URLs as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| digbig.com
| 2016-02-10
| no longer accepting new users as of March 1, 2014; site appears to still be up as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| dlvr.it
| 2015-11-02
| Requires free login; then requires connecting to another service; URLs are shortened when sent through. ( as of 01:36, 2 November 2015 (EST))
 
|-
| dogeurl.com
| 2015-12-21
| Alive 12-21-2015 Non-incremental, alphabet A-Z a-z 0-9, 6 characters long, with custom option Valid: 301 to destination, Invalid: 302 to https://dogeurl.com/invalid.php
 
|-
| doiop.com
| 2016-02-10
| Appears non-incremental ; allows unicode in short codes; appears alive as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| durl.me
| 2015-11-21
| appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| easyurl.net
| 2016-02-10
| (alias: atu.ca , readthis.ca , clickthru.ca , redirects.ca ) Appears non-incremental; only available to customers of easyDNS.com ; Ex: http://easyurl.net/afd2f ; seems alive as of 01:35, 10 February 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| fav.me
|
| Used by DeviantArt. Ex: http://fav . me/d31sfml
 
|-
| filoops.info
| 2016-01-29
| Appears to allow public shortening; seems alive as of 01:15, 29 January 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| firsturl.de
| 2016-02-17
| Appears alive and allowing public shortening as of 01:20, 17 February 2016 (EST)
 
|-
| flip.it
|
| Flipboard
 
|-
| flpbd.it
|
| Flipboard
 
|-
| fnd.us
|
| (See offical shorteners)
 
|-
| fos.hu
|
| incremental alphanumeric, but shares pattern with an image sharing service
 
|-
| gkurl.us
| 2015-11-21
| appears to allow public creation of shorturls; as of 22:00, 21 November 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| gdurl.com
|
| allows public shortening of Google Drive public-linked files, example http://gdurl.com/s3tF , not sequential (jumped from http://gdurl.com/8T-v to http://gdurl.com/s3tF when tried two different files seconds after each other), 236,285 urls shortened as of 18:29, 24 February 2016 (EST) , has a public list of "all" permalinks - note this appears to be inaccurate (there is an option to not make the link public in the list when it is created)
 
|-
| -H-
|
| none that start with h
 
|-
| idek.net
| 2016-03-13
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 15:48, 13 March 2016 (EDT)
 
|-
| ity.im
| 2015-12-19
| shows adverts, not clear if it still works as of 23:40, 19 December 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| -J-
|
| none that start with j yet.
 
|-
| kics.it
|
| Restricted access to shourturl creation


|-
|-
| l9k.net
| ask.fm ||  
| 2016-03-13
| Ex: http://ask.fm/a/40k05kgp -> http://ask.fm/Q7Niki/answer/42128504404 ; seems non-incremental
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 15:48, 13 March 2016 (EDT)
 
|-
| lien2.com
| 2015-11-29
| http://lien2 . com/go/a6cx ; seems-non-incremental, only 583 shortened urls (as of 02:27, 29 November 2015 (EST) )
 
|-
| linkbucks.com
|
|
 
|-
| linkbun.ch
| 2016-03-14
| combines multiple URLs into one short URL, probably requires custom code -- 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
 
|-
| lin.io
| 2015-12-07
| uses frame/toolbar (site is alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST))
 
|-
| ln.is
| 2015-12-12
| linkis.com (also provides a way to comment on the linked page) ; ex: http://ln . is/vine.co/v/UA0PH -- the destination server appears to be included in the shortcode, which should make it harder to scrape (as of 02:56, 12 December 2015 (EST))
 
|-
| lnq.me
| 2015-11-21
| http://lnq . me/DnXtHO ; 6-character, alphanumeric, seems-non-incremental ; http://lnq.me/preview/en/ -- which seems to some kind of bizarre guessing if you put in less than 6 characters (as of 20:33, 21 November 2015 (EST) )
 
|-
| lt.tl
| 2015-12-09
| site is up, says "Service will be back soon..." as of 01:31, 9 December 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| ly.my
| 2015-12-07
| alive as of 01:09, 7 December 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| m112.hu
|
|
 
|-
| me2.hu
|
|
 
|-
| macte.ch
| 2016-03-14
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
 
|-
| mcaf.ee
| 2016-04-29
| seems alive as of 03:08, 29 April 2016 (EDT)
 
|-
| merky.de
| 2016-03-14
| seems alive, allows public shortening as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT)
 
|-
| mgnet.me
|
| for torrent magnet URIs.
 
|-
| miniurl.hu
|
|
 
|-
| MinURL.fr
| 2015-12-09
| site alive as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| moourl.com
| 2016-03-14
| Random (alive as of 00:53, 14 March 2016 (EDT))
 
|-
| my.dot.tk/tweak
|
| Appears non-incremental
 
|-
| nblo.gs
| 2015-11-07
| no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| nbx.ch
| 2015-12-09
| private shortener; appears up as of 01:53, 9 December 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| news.me
| 2015-11-07
| no obvious way to create URLs from the home page as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| nohref.hu
|
| Allows custom shorturl & deletes links after a specified time period (or 1 year without use)
 
|-
| notlong.com
| 2015-11-07
| Appears to be alpha-only - Ex: http://yeitoo.notlong . com/ ; doesn't seem to be allow creating new shorturls, as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST)
 
|-
| nutshellurl.com
| 2016-03-20
| Appears incremental. 301s to a redirector script, which then 301s you to the destination. Seems alive as of 14:59, 20 March 2016 (EDT)
 
|-
| -O-
|
| none that start with o, yet
 
|-
| p.pw
| 2015-11-07
| sells interstitial ads before showing the full URL; likely to be harder to scrape (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
 
|-
| pear.ly
| 2015-12-05
| Used by pearltrees.com. Ex: http://pear.ly/6J1H (returns 301 for existing AND non-existing shorturls as of 15:30, 5 December 2015 (EST))
 
|-
| pnut.co
|
| see nutshellurl.com Ex: http://pnut.co/3a (returns 200 on a HEAD request; will need to use GET requests)
 
|-
| po.st
| 2015-11-07
| "social sharing platform"; no obvious way to create URLs from the home page (as of 20:08, 7 November 2015 (EST))
 
|-
| poeurl.com
| 2015-12-21
| Path of Exile URL Shortener - Public interface, but with a whitelist of sites. Appears to be incremental, and a small set so far. Alphabet is A-Z a-z 0-9, three characters as of 12-21-2015. Valid URLs: poeurl.com/uFg, HTTP 301 w/ Location: header. Invalid: HTTP 301 to Location: home.php?e=invalidurl
 
|-
| prettylinkpro.com
| 2016-02-10
| "Affiliate Link Cloaker and URL Shortener for WordPress"; doesn't seem to provide public shortening; unclear what the short URLs look like; site appears alive as of 01:10, 10 February 2016 (EST)
 
 
 
 


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Latest revision as of 02:56, 13 June 2016

Researching URL Shorteners

Here's what to do when you've come across a new URL shortener that should be archived. At minimum, please follow the first step. Anything beyond that is more helpful. Even if you don't know of any shorteners not on the list, additions, updates or verification of the information in existing shortener entries is very welcome!

  • Add it to the Alive section of this page in alphabetical order and include the current date. Please include whatever information you have, but at the absolute minimum, we need the domain.
    • To add a new shortener to the Alive section, you can follow this template:
|-  
| shortener url || date (YYYY-MM-DD)  
| information you have gathered on the shortener
  • Check the homepage. Is there a public method to create a shorturl? If so, create one and include it in the entry. If not, note that in the entry.
  • If you were able to create a shorturl, try making a second. Is it sequential? For example, if the first link was foo.bar/dbE4g and the second link is foo.bar/dbE4h (or very close to it), it's probably sequential. If you get foo.bar/dbE4g followed by foo.bar/g4rTh, it's probably random. Note in the entry whether the shorturls are random or sequential.
  • Run curl -I http://url.short/validshortcode and see which HTTP status code is returned. Also note whether it returns the destination in the Location: header. Note both in the entry.
  • Run curl -I http://url.short/invalidshortcode and see which HTTP status code is returned. Note that in the entry.
  • If the above fails, make a note of it in the entry and try using curl -i instead of curl -I
  • Check the homepage, and see if they give a total number of shorturls that their service provides. If so, note that in the entry.
  • There are browser plugins/extensions available to make the requests described above from your browser for those without access to curl/command line. (Examples: Advanced REST Client, REST Console)


Was:

Researching URL Shorteners

Here's what to do when you've come across a new URL shortener that should be archived. At minimum, please follow the first step. Anything beyond that is more helpful.

  • Add it to the Alive section of this page in alphabetical order and the current date (hint: 5 tildes (~~~~~) will do that automatically). Please include whatever information you have, but at the absolute minimum, we need the domain.
  • Check the homepage. Is there a public method to create a shorturl? If so, create one and include it in the wiki. If not, note that in the wiki.
  • If you were able to create a shorturl, try making a second. Is it sequential? For example, if the first link was foo.bar/dbE4g and the second link is foo.bar/dbE4h (or very close to it), it's probably sequential. If you get foo.bar/dbE4g followed by foo.bar/g4rTh, it's probably random. Note on the wiki whether the shorturls are random or sequential.
  • Run curl -I http://url.short/validshortcode and see which HTTP status code is returned. Also note whether it returns the destination in the Location: header. Note both on the wiki.
  • Run curl -I http://url.short/invalidshortcode and see which HTTP status code is returned. Note that on the wiki.
  • Check the homepage, and see if they give a total number of shorturls that their service provides. If so, note that on the wiki.



Official Shorteners

Shortener Last Checked on Notes
ask.fm Ex: http://ask.fm/a/40k05kgp -> http://ask.fm/Q7Niki/answer/42128504404 ; seems non-incremental
Shortener Last Checked on Notes
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