Hi, If it can be in any help, I have a kind of private url shortening service that I could adapt to your needs. www.fwd.li.
I can't really design the page because I am blind (the reason why there is no logo). However it might come handy to have an url shortening api service designed individually for your apps. I currently support plain text and xml output. Cheers, Emrah P.s.: if someone is interested in making a logo, you're welcome. If someone else would like to carry on the dev, welcome as well. :) TjL wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Cameron Kaiser <spec...@floodgap.com> wrote: > >>> The best you can do is use the bit.ly API to un-shorten the link and >>> grab your URL key from there. >>> >>> Have a look at the /expand method in their API: >>> http://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation >>> >> Or, implement your own URL shortening scheme (either internally, or using >> a specific service that meets your needs), with the assumption that the >> shortening will occur and at least this way you can control the situation >> under how the shortening is handled. >> > > I believe that Twitter will shorten links over 30 characters, but this > does not *always* seem to be the case. > > Your best bet (IMO) is to determine which service you want to use and > shorten the links yourself. I started putting together a list of them > not too long ago and came up with these: > > bit.ly > xrl.us > tr.im > snipr.com > tinyarro.ws > tinyurl.com > icanhaz.com > budurl.com > > There are, no doubt, others. >
