URL shortener

Creates a shortened URL in Routee.

POST

Query

Field selectionChoose which fields should be included in the response. Learn more

string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Body

Arguments

stringrequired

A human readable name for the shortened url. This will help identify the url in a table, or when fetching analytics data.

stringrequired

The url to be shortened.

stringrequired

The domain to use when shortening the url. Will be one of the domains registered by the customer, if one is not available we will return an error.

number

[Optional] For Premium and Enterprise packages the max will be set to 5.184e+6 and 7.776e+6 respectively.

string

[Optional] The callback we call when a link is clicked. Payload information can be found [here](/docs/callback-url-webhook-1).

object

[Optional] A map of string field values to store information

Try this request

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/routee/latest/actions/url-shortener" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "connectionId": "$CONNECTION_ID",
  "name": "",
  "longUrl": "",
  "domain": ""
}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "shortenUrls[]": {
        "callbackUrl": "https://example.com",
        "createdAt": "string",
        "expirationDate": "string",
        "link": "string",
        "longUrl": "https://example.com",
        "name": "Ava Chen",
        "tags": {
          "tag1": "string",
          "tag2": "string"
        },
        "trackingId": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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