Fast Free URL Forwarder
Make URL Shorter - Add A Link or Use API
Application Programming Interfaces
The following API is subject to fair use policy and 1 call per second rate limit.
API Address
https://rot47.net/api/url/
Parameters - url (GET or POST)
Required: specified the URL to lookup or shorten. When URL is already shortened, it will return e.g.
{"error":"found","errorCode":3,"data":{"id":"595","0":"595","count":"0","1":"0","flag":"7","2":"7","created":"1455395435","3":"1455395435","last":"1455395435","4":"1455395435","search":"0","5":"0"},"url":"https:\/\/rot47.net\/9B"}
Parameter - try (GET or POST)
Optional - Default = False: Do not attempt to shorten the URL. Just to check if the URL has been shortened before.
Parameter - private (GET or POST)
Optioal - Default = False: Do not list the link in the Links Browser.
Return - errorCode and error
"error" => "invalid url",
"errorCode" => 4
"error" => "found",
"errorCode" => 3,
"error" => "added",
"errorCode" => 0,
"error" => "success",
"errorCode" => 0,
"error" => "$url should start with http or https",
"errorCode" => 1
"error" => "not found",
"errorCode" => 2
Return - other parameters
flag: bit 8 - premium URL does not show ads anyway, anytime, forever!
flag: bit 4 - shortened by API
flag: bit 2 - public
flag: bit 1 - permanent redirect (otherwise temporarily)
count: clicked by vistors
search: touched by search bots
created: created timestamp
last: last visited timestamp
id: id in decimal
PHP Library
We provide a PHP class that calls the API:
https://github.com/DoctorLai/URL-Shortener. Sample Usages:
$obj = new URL();
$response = $obj->shorten("https://example.com", array("try" => 1));
var_dump($response);
$response = $obj->shorten("https://example.com", array("private" => 1));
var_dump($response);
echo $response->url;
Premium Domains
URLs of premium domains are redirected without ads. This is to promote better, decent URLs. If you want your domain whitelisted in the list, please
buy me a cup of coffee (1 domain = 3 coffees per month), thanks!
function IsPremiumDomain($url) {
$theurl = strtolower($url);
$good_domains = array(
"helloacm.com",
"justyy.com",
"steakovercooked.com",
"google.com",
"google.co.uk",
"codingforspeed.com",
"happyukgo.com",
"bbc.co.uk",
"tumblr.com",
"instagram.com",
"youtube.com",
"ask.fm",
"dropbox.com",
"linkedin.com",
"rot47.net",
"isvbscriptdead.com",
"busy.org",
"steemit.com",
"uploadbeta.com",
"zhihua-lai.com"
);
$parse = parse_url($theurl);
$domain = $parse['host'];
return in_array($domain, $good_domains);
}
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