Implement short urls (tinyurls) for twitter in c#?

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how do you convert full(long) urls into short urls(like tinyurls) in C# for twitter? I imagine this is probably very simple with the right api. Does anyone know of a good api for doing this?

possible duplicate of [Using tinyurl.com in a .Net application ... possible?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/366115/using-tinyurl-com-in-a-net-application-possible) — ChrisF, Jul 20 '11 at 19:22
Possible duplicate of [Using tinyurl.com in a .Net application ... possible?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/366115/using-tinyurl-com-in-a-net-application-possible) — June7, Mar 21 '18 at 07:39

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 04 '11 at 17:23

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You just need to make a request to http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url={url} substituting the {url} with the url you want and read the content of the page.

Here's an example:

public string ShortUrl(string url)
    {
        WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(string.Format("http://tinyurl.com/api-create.php?url={0}", url));
        Stream stream = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream();
        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
        return reader.ReadLine();
    }

edited Mar 04 '11 at 17:23

Jonathan Wood

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answered Mar 04 '11 at 00:55

Tiago Ribeiro

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Yeah I tried this, but a proper API is required for my project. This is almost like a work around. I would rather first use, if possible an api built for this, then resort to other methods if necessary. – Edward Mar 04 '11 at 17:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '11 at 05:40

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I just published an article about doing this from bit.ly in a C# application.

Note that bit.ly requires a free login key that you will need in order for the code to work.

answered Mar 04 '11 at 05:40

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 16:42

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you can find a nice example on http://psc.fyi

You can find an explanation on http://puresourcecode.com/dotnet/post/Creating-a-URL-shortener-using-ASPNET-WepAPI-and-MVC

answered Feb 04 '16 at 16:42

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Try to explain it rather than posting external links. – sparkhee93 Feb 04 '16 at 17:01

Implement short urls (tinyurls) for twitter in c#?

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