Developer API

ShortURLs API – dev/api.php

This documentation explains how to use https://www.shorturls.pro/dev/api.php to get JSON output.

1. Overview

There are two ways to use the API:

• Auto alias (no alias parameter sent)
• Custom alias (send alias parameter)

2. Base URL

https://www.shorturls.pro/dev/api.php

3. Endpoints

4. Parameters

5. Example Response – Auto Alias

{
  "id": 188,
  "alias": "wTNHgX",
  "short_url": "https://sorts.pro/wTNHgX",
  "long_url": "https://google.com",
  "created_at": "2025-11-20T12:46:33+05:30",
  "expires_at": null
}

6. Example Response – Custom Alias

{
  "id": 190,
  "alias": "qDKTpi",
  "short_url": "https://sorts.pro/qDKTpi",
  "long_url": "https://google.com",
  "created_at": "2025-11-20T12:47:17+05:30",
  "expires_at": null
}

7. Error Responses

8. Usage Examples

cURL – Auto Alias:

curl -G "https://www.shorturls.pro/dev/api.php" \
 --data-urlencode "url=https://google.com"

cURL – Custom Alias:

curl -G "https://www.shorturls.pro/dev/api.php" \
 --data-urlencode "url=https://google.com" \
 --data-urlencode "alias=mygoogles"

JavaScript:

fetch('https://www.shorturls.pro/dev/api.php?url=' + encodeURIComponent('https://google.com'))
  .then(r => r.json())
  .then(console.log);

PHP:

<?php
$api = 'https://www.shorturls.pro/dev/api.php?url=' . urlencode('https://google.com');
$json = file_get_contents($api);
$data = json_decode($json, true);
print_r($data);
?>

9. Field Description