Free public API

Automate links from your code.

Same endpoints that power this site. JSON in, JSON out. No keys for the basic /api/shorten call.

1. Shorten a URL

POST https://links.techclick.in/api/shorten
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "longUrl": "https://example.com/some/long/path",
  "customSlug": "launch",          // optional, 3-30 chars [a-z0-9_-]
  "expiresIn": "7d",               // optional: 1h, 24h, 7d, 30d, 90d, 1y, or YYYY-MM-DD
  "maxVisits": 100,                // optional, 1 to 1,000,000
  "tag": "diwali",                 // optional, 2-24 chars [a-z0-9-]
  "title": "Diwali Landing Page",  // optional, max 120 chars
  "forwardQuery": true             // optional, forward query params to longUrl
}

Returns:

{
  "shortUrl": "https://short.techclick.in/launch",
  "shortCode": "launch",
  "longUrl": "https://example.com/some/long/path",
  "validUntil": "2026-05-12T...",
  "maxVisits": 100,
  "tags": ["diwali"],
  "title": "Diwali Landing Page",
  "dateCreated": "2026-05-05T..."
}

2. Get info / click count

GET https://links.techclick.in/api/info/{shortCode}
{
  "shortUrl": "https://short.techclick.in/launch",
  "shortCode": "launch",
  "longUrl": "https://example.com/...",
  "visitsCount": 1342,
  "validUntil": "2026-05-12T...",
  "maxVisits": null,
  "tags": ["diwali"],
  "title": "Diwali Landing Page",
  "dateCreated": "2026-05-05T..."
}

3. Bulk shorten (max 10)

POST https://links.techclick.in/api/bulk
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com/page-1",
    "https://example.com/page-2"
  ],
  "expiresIn": "30d",   // optional
  "tag": "campaign-x"   // optional
}

Rate limits

  • /api/shorten โ€” 20 requests / hour / IP
  • /api/bulk โ€” 5 requests / hour / IP (each call = up to 10 URLs)
  • /api/info/{code} โ€” 30 requests / minute / IP

Quick examples

cURL:

curl -X POST https://links.techclick.in/api/shorten \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"longUrl":"https://anthropic.com","expiresIn":"7d"}'

Python:

import requests
r = requests.post("https://links.techclick.in/api/shorten",
                  json={"longUrl": "https://example.com", "tag": "blog"})
print(r.json()["shortUrl"])

Node.js:

const r = await fetch("https://links.techclick.in/api/shorten", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ longUrl: "https://example.com" })
});
const data = await r.json();
console.log(data.shortUrl);

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