ShortURL Decoder API

ShortURL Decoder API

Introducing the ShortURL Decoder API, a powerful tool that unveils the original, full-length URLs behind shortened links, all without the need for web browsers. Instantly retrieve the destination of any shortened URL, enhancing user experience and data analysis with seamless URL expansion.

API description

About the API:  

Unraveling the Web: Introducing the ShortURL Decoder API

In an age of ever-shrinking links, the ShortURL Decoder API emerges as the unsung hero, lifting the veil from the cryptic world of shortened URLs. This comprehensive tool empowers developers, businesses, and data analysts to seamlessly retrieve the original, full-length URLs behind any shortened link, all without the need to access them directly via web browsers.

Key Features:

  1. Effortless URL Expansion: The ShortURL Decoder API provides a streamlined solution to a common problem. With a simple API request, users can decode shortened URLs, gaining access to the underlying web addresses in their unaltered form.

  2. Improved User Experience: For web and mobile applications, this API can significantly enhance user experience by ensuring that users are directed to the correct destination when clicking on shortened links, eliminating frustrating dead ends.

  3. Data Analysis Advantages: Data analysts and researchers benefit from the ability to unravel shortened URLs programmatically. This facilitates more accurate data collection and analysis by revealing the original source of each link.

  4. Link Management: Businesses and content creators can efficiently manage their online presence and marketing campaigns by decoding shortened URLs, allowing for better tracking, auditing, and optimization of link usage.

  5. Privacy and Security: The API operates securely, respecting user privacy by not accessing the destination URLs directly on web browsers, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with data protection regulations.

 

What this API receives and what your API provides (input/output)?

Pass the shortened URL and retrieve the original URL. 

 

What are the most common use cases of this API?

  1. Marketing Campaign Optimization: Marketing teams can use the API to decode shortened URLs used in various campaigns. By analyzing which channels and campaigns drive the most traffic to their websites, marketers can optimize their strategies and allocate resources more effectively.

  2. Link Analytics for Content Creators: Bloggers, content creators, and social media influencers can decode short URLs embedded in their content. This enables them to gain insights into which links are most popular among their audience, helping them tailor their content and promotional efforts accordingly.

  3. Website Traffic Analysis: Webmasters and site owners can utilize the API to decode incoming traffic sources, especially if they rely on shortened links for analytics. This insight can inform content adjustments and user engagement strategies to enhance website performance.

  4. Data Research and Analysis: Data analysts and researchers can decode shortened URLs found in datasets or social media mentions. This allows them to trace the origins of shared content, track trends, and gain a deeper understanding of how information spreads on the internet.

  5. E-commerce Checkout Process Improvement: E-commerce platforms can employ the API to decode shortened URLs embedded in the checkout process. This ensures that customers are directed to the correct pages and reduces the likelihood of abandoned carts due to broken or misdirected links.

 

Are there any limitations to your plans?

Besides the number of API calls available for the plan, there are no other limitations.

API Documentation

Endpoints


Return origin url of each shorten url

 



                                                                            
POST https://zylalabs.com/api/2613/shorturl+decoder+api/2623/unshortener
                                                                            
                                                                        

Unshortener - Endpoint Features
Object Description
Request Body [Required] Json
Test Endpoint

API EXAMPLE RESPONSE

       
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            {"status":true,"originUrl":"https://example.com/"}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    

Unshortener - CODE SNIPPETS


curl --location --request POST 'https://zylalabs.com/api/2613/shorturl+decoder+api/2623/unshortener' --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' 

    

API Access Key & Authentication

After signing up, every developer is assigned a personal API access key, a unique combination of letters and digits provided to access to our API endpoint. To authenticate with the ShortURL Decoder API REST API, simply include your bearer token in the Authorization header.

Headers

Header Description
Authorization [Required] Should be Bearer access_key. See "Your API Access Key" above when you are subscribed.


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The ShortURL Decoder API is a tool designed to reveal the original, full-length URLs hidden behind shortened links, offering programmatic access to this information.

You can make HTTP requests to the API's endpoints, supplying the shortened URL as a parameter, and you will receive the corresponding original URL as the response.

The API is designed to handle a wide range of shortened URLs, but there may be practical limitations on extremely long or complex links. Refer to the API documentation for guidance on URL formats.

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