Shortly URL shortening API

@krushnasinnarkar Thank you very much for your feedback, I know about those. I just couldn't properly understand the API and how to properly fetch the Post request to get shorten URL.

@GioKhabu

The Clean URL API provides a straightforward way to shorten and expand URLs. Below is a detailed guide on how to use the API to shorten a URL using JavaScript.

API Endpoint

• Shorten URL: https://cleanuri.com/api/shorten

Shortening a URL (POST Request)

To shorten a URL, you'll need to send a POST request to the API endpoint. Here is a demo code that demonstrates how to do this using the fetch function in JavaScript.

async function shortenUrl(longUrl) {
  try {
    const response = await fetch('https://cleanuri.com/api/shorten', {
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
      },
      body: new URLSearchParams({
        url: longUrl
      })
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error('Network response was not ok');
    }

    const data = await response.json();
    return data.result_url;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error);
  }
}

// Example usage:
shortenUrl('https://example.com').then(shortUrl => {
  console.log('Shortened URL:', shortUrl);
});

Explanation

• fetch Function: Makes network requests and returns a Promise.
• method: Specifies the HTTP method (POST in this case).
• headers: Sets the content type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
• body: Contains the data sent to the API, formatted as URL-encoded parameters.

I hope you find these suggestions helpful.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need further assistance.

Happy coding!

@krushnasinnarkar Thanks a lot, still I had to use a different API as I guess it needed its server to launch and as I was using just Javascript I couldn't make requests.