06 January 2009

Tiny URL for your app

It is a great idea to make big URLs more usable. TinyURL is such a service, who can do this for you. I use it a lot in Twitter, but what if you also want in your own app?
It's pretty easy since TinyURL provides a nice and small API.
http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://theurlyouwantmakesmaller
The result will be the TinyURL link, you'll want. Try this:
http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=http://www.timetoact.de/ttacms.nsf/id/EN_EmployeePages
It will create a TinyURL to a product presentation of my company. Copy the shown URL to your browser's address bar and you'll see, it just works.

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