| 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 | |
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| 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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