URL Shortener API
For Developers Who Ship Fast

# Shorten a URL with a custom alias
curl -X POST https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/shorten \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/long-path","alias":"my-link"}'

# Response:
# {
#   "status": "success",
#   "data": {
#     "shortUrl": "https://linkshrink.dev/my-link",
#     "code": "my-link",
#     "originalUrl": "https://example.com/long-path",
#     "deleteToken": "a1b2c3d4...",
#     "analytics": "https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/stats/my-link"
#   }
# }

# Get click analytics
curl https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/stats/my-link

# Generate a QR code (PNG)
curl -o qr.png https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/qr/my-link.png?size=512

// Shorten a URL — no API key needed
const response = await fetch('https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/shorten', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    url: 'https://example.com/long-path',
    alias: 'my-link'
  })
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.data.shortUrl);
// → https://linkshrink.dev/my-link

// Get click analytics
const stats = await fetch('https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/stats/my-link');
const analytics = await stats.json();
console.log(`Clicks: ${analytics.data.clicks}`);

import requests

# Shorten a URL — no API key needed
response = requests.post(
    "https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/shorten",
    json={
        "url": "https://example.com/long-path",
        "alias": "my-link"
    }
)

data = response.json()
print(data["data"]["shortUrl"])
# → https://linkshrink.dev/my-link

# Get click analytics
stats = requests.get("https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/stats/my-link")
print(f"Clicks: {stats.json()['data']['clicks']}")

# Generate QR code and save to file
qr = requests.get("https://linkshrink.dev/api/v1/qr/my-link.png?size=512")
with open("qr.png", "wb") as f:
    f.write(qr.content)