mass url shortener?

DaPromo said:

Here you go made a small and quick shorturl javascript to run in your browser console to automatically generate new urls, however many you like. I can also add an automatic loop if you want. Right now you have to manually press enter for each short url you want.

Instructions:
Go to *********** (without www because of CORS)
Then press F12 to open console
Paste code in console and run

Change "yourdomain.com" for the domain you want to shorten
Change under "new image().src" the "domain.com" for your domain where you saved the "save.php" file

Code:

var e = "http://www.yourdomain.com" + "?" + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100000);;
  
  
var httpx = new XMLHttpRequest;
        httpx.open("GET", "http://***********/api-create.php?url=" + e, false);
        httpx.onreadystatechange = function() {
            new Image().src = 'http://www.domain.com/save.php?link=' + httpx.responseText;
        };
httpx.send()

Add this code as save.php

Code:

<?php
$link = $_GET['link'];
$link .= "\r\n";
$saveto =  'links.txt';
file_put_contents($saveto, $link, FILE_APPEND);
?>

I have not tested this but I think it will works 100%. Tell me if not working ok

Click to expand...

txholdem said:

sorry, what is *******? is that your server?

Click to expand...

txholdem said:

@DaPromo:
"Synchronous XMLHttpRequest on the main thread is deprecated because of its detrimental effects to the end user's experience."

no links.txt generated? (should be in my domain.com right?)

Click to expand...

var e = "http://www.yourdomain.com" + "?" + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100000);;
 

var httpx = new XMLHttpRequest;
        httpx.onload = function() {
            new Image().src = 'http://www.domain.com/save.php?link=' + httpx.responseText;
        };
httpx.open("GET", "http://tinyurl/api-create.php?url=" + e, true);
httpx.send()

txholdem said:

@DaPromo:

isn't it supposed to generate a links.txt under my domain.com?
i don't see it.

Click to expand...

txholdem said:

ok. here's what i get.
links.txt has to be 777.
to get rid of the excessive line breaks, remove the line $link .= "\r\n";

problem though: the shortened url directs to original url/?32454 (5-digit random number)?

Click to expand...

DaPromo said:

Yes because tinyurl doesn't allow same links to be new url. So you cannot add more than 1 unique tinyurl for http://yourdomain.com but if we use random query after like http://yourdomain.com?123123 it will think it's another page and give us a new url. Let me know if this confuses you and we can find a smart solution for this!

Click to expand...

txholdem said:

that extra random string might cause affiliate links, e.g., amazon links to not work properly.

Click to expand...

HoNeYBiRD said:

If you want to make multiple unique shortened urls of a single long url and you don't want to use the "?randomstring" trick to make your long url unique, you need an url shortener, which supports creating multiple unique shortened urls of a single long url . As DaPromo suggested it above, tinyurl doesn't support this, most url shorteners don't support this. I'm not sure about your purpose, but if you use a too obscure url shortener or if you use your own (e.g. what you made with yourls), it can get blocked easily, because of the root domain being used by very few or only by you, if it's your own shortener. So try to look for this among the more well known shorteners, then figure out a way to mass shorten.

For instance ow.ly supports this, but there's a captcha before each creation. There's an API, but it's only available with the Enterprise plan of Hootsuite, which doesn't have a price tag, but the plan below it costs $100/month.

T i n y . c c supports this too, there is no captcha, so i guess you can automate the process with iMacros. They also have paid API access, starting from $9/month with a 14 day free trial.

Click to expand...

txholdem said:

thanks for the info.
btw, goo.gl has no problem, but captcha will come up if used too much. twitter has no problem of me using my own shortener at all, except that it uses too much server resources.
the question is i dont know if adding a random string will be a problem with amazon links.

Click to expand...

HoNeYBiRD said:

You mentioned above a WP site and Pretty Link, so i assume (maybe falsely lol), that you promote your site and not direct Amazon urls. In that case how would that random string trick be able to affect the Amazon urls? I guess you worry about being credited for the sales.

Another thing: i don't promote Amazon, but i know that they're pretty anal about link cloaking/shortening:

"(v) You will not cloak, hide, spoof, or otherwise obscure the URL of your Site containing Special Links (including by use of Redirecting Links) or the user agent of the application in which Content is displayed or used such that we cannot reasonably determine the site or application from which a customer clicks through such Special Link to the Amazon Site.

(w) You will not use a link shortening service in a manner that makes it unclear that you are linking to an Amazon Site."

Whatever the fuck this last one (w) supposed to mean. Unless customizing, how are you supposed to make the destination of a shortened url clear in itself? If it's in context (and you're not purposely misleading), it's clear. If not, then not.

On the other hand Twitter can follow redirects, so generating unique shortened urls for the same long url might not do a thing, because they're only visually different, the destination stays the same. The random string trick changes the destination though.

Click to expand...