Overview
Summary	URL shortening service
Category	Internet
Tags	internet utility
Date Reviewed	2008-02-10
Description	From their site: G8L.US provides URL shortening services via an API and Website. API can be accessed via HTTP and supports XML, JSON, and a simple comma-delimited response format. G8L.us has two api calls, one to shrink links and one to get stats for the links. You can look at the Home and Stats pages to see how to use the API via Ajax.
API Home Page	http://www.g8l.us/api.html
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Protocol
Protocols	REST
WSDL
Data Formats	JSON, XML, Text
Service Endpoint	http://www.g8l.us/api/shrink/
Functionality
API Groups	Shrink, Stats
Example API Methods	g8l.us/api/shrink/?format=json&link=http://www.X.com
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	HTTP Basic Auth
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	Yes
Support
Vendor API Kits
Community API Kits
API Blog
API Forum
Developer Support
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	None
Developer Key Required	No
Account with Service Required	No
Commercial Licensing
Provider
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees	None
Usage Limits
Terms of Service

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