Public API · Free · No auth required

Sniplinks REST API

One endpoint. JSON in, JSON out. CORS open. No tokens, no signup, no dashboards. Drop it into a script, a bot, a CLI, or your own app in 60 seconds.

Endpoint

POSThttps://sniplinks.in/api/public/v1/shorten

Request body

{
"url": "https://example.com",
"alias": "optional-code"
}

Constraints

· url — http(s), 8–2048 chars

· alias — optional, 4–32 chars, [A-Za-z0-9_-]

· 409 if the alias is taken

curl

curl -X POST https://sniplinks.in/api/public/v1/shorten \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/very/long/path?with=params"}'

JavaScript / fetch

const res = await fetch("https://sniplinks.in/api/public/v1/shorten", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    url: "https://example.com/long/url",
    alias: "my-link", // optional, 4–32 chars [A-Za-z0-9_-]
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.short_url); // https://sniplinks.in/my-link

Response (201 Created)

{
  "code": "uvtaG4",
  "short_url": "https://sniplinks.in/uvtaG4",
  "preview_url": "https://sniplinks.in/uvtaG4+",
  "stats_url": "https://sniplinks.in/uvtaG4/stats",
  "url": "https://example.com/very/long/path?with=params"
}

One-click bookmarklet

Shorten the current tab in one click

Drag the button below to your bookmarks bar. Click it on any page to shorten that URL and copy it to your clipboard.

Snip this page

(Drag — don't click — to add to your bookmarks bar.)

Status codes

201 — created, returns the short link object
400 — invalid JSON, invalid URL, or shortening a Sniplinks URL
409 — the alias is already taken or reserved
500 — database hiccup; safe to retry

Need to know what's new? See the changelog →Back to the shortener →