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TinyURL PHP Fetching via API

  • XrummerMan Level 1
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    There are a ton of services available to shorten URLs and one of the most well known, and easiest to use, is TinyURL. With a single line of code, you can fetch a shortened URL from their API using PHP.

    TinyURL API:
    http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=<URL HERE>


    When this is called, it will echo a single line of content:
    http://tinyurl.com/cdrh83f

    If unsuccessful, you will see:
    Error


    Fetching with PHP:
    file_get_contents('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=https://www.seoclerks.com');


    Creating a function using PHP and the API:
    <?php
    function make_tiny($url)
    {
        return file_get_contents('http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url=' . $url);
    }
    echo make_tiny('https://www.seoclerks.com/');
    ?>


    cURL Tiny Fetch
    If, for whatever reason, you want to fetch with cURL (maybe to use proxies), here is a cURL based function:
    function make_tiny($url)  {
    $ch = curl_init();
    $timeout = 5;
     
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,'http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url='.$url);
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1);
    curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,$timeout);
    $data = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
     
    return $data;
    }
    echo make_tiny('https://www.seoclerks.com');
     
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