Monday, January 10, 2011

Google URL Shortener gets an API

When we launched Google’s URL shortener externally back in September, there was no accompanying API to allow people to integrate goo.gl into their applications and web pages. However, we said that we were working on one, and today we're happy to announce that we’ve launched the goo.gl API in Google Code Labs. The documentation can be found on the Google Code site, with example code in the Getting Started section.

With this API, developers are able to programmatically access all of the fast, sleek goo.gl goodness that we currently provide via the web interface. You can shorten and expand URLs using the API, as well as fetch your history and analytics. You could use these features for a wide variety of applications, enabling behaviors ranging from auto-shortening within Twitter or Google Buzz clients to running regular jobs that monitor your usage statistics and traffic patterns. You can check out the Google APIs console to get started.

We’re very excited to be able to offer you this API to access one of the fastest URL shorteners out there. We’re continuing to work on several usability improvements and to make our auto-detection of spammy or malicious content even more robust. We hope that with the new API, you’ll find goo.gl to be even more useful in your future shortening endeavors! If you’re an application developer, check out the goo.gl API documentation and see how it looks.

By Ben D’Angelo, URL Shortener Team
at 1/10/2011 01:52:00 PM
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51 comments:

  1. Unknown1/10/2011 2:24 PM

    Finally!

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  2. Lucio Allegri1/10/2011 2:24 PM

    Wonderful

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  3. Rob Maguire1/10/2011 2:25 PM

    Finally! Looking forward to having Twitter apps incorporate is ASAP.

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  4. Marcelo Custodio1/10/2011 2:30 PM

    Great! One more tool to do magic !
    @custodio_m

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  5. Alexander Ramirez1/10/2011 2:34 PM

    Cool!! Finally!

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  6. Unknown1/10/2011 2:43 PM

    Awesome! Thanks!

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  7. Unknown1/10/2011 3:05 PM

    Will use that, thanks.

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  8. Simon1/10/2011 3:15 PM

    how do we use it with a service that requires a shortening endpoint? like tweetdeck with %@?

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  9. Ry4an1/10/2011 3:16 PM

    Excellent. Any way to do the same for the URL shortener when installed for a domain in google apps? I looked through the API but it's not clear domain on the short URL is settable.

    Thanks!

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  10. zircote1/10/2011 3:43 PM

    +1

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  11. Unknown1/10/2011 4:32 PM

    +1

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  12. Anonymous1/10/2011 5:31 PM

    Finally!

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  13. maito1/10/2011 6:21 PM

    便利だと思います。

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  14. Unknown1/10/2011 7:22 PM

    Can't wait to used

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  15. Anonymous1/10/2011 10:29 PM

    Hey Google please make a goo.gl extension for Chrome.

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  16. Lilla1/10/2011 11:33 PM

    This is great - have been waiting for this! Can't wait to try it out :D

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  17. Sitthykun1/11/2011 12:10 AM

    So good!!

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  18. Unknown1/11/2011 1:36 AM

    I have been reading about this API and I don't know if it can be used to generate goo.gl links which you can use in your webapp without user interaction. Can someone verify that?

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  19. webr31/11/2011 1:58 AM

    omg wow now we can automate the task of giving you more of our personal data for free - so sweet!

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  20. Arun Kumar1/11/2011 3:58 AM

    cool.........

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  21. Erik1/11/2011 6:01 AM

    You going to get the google maps team to use it?

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  22. C.J. Land1/11/2011 7:36 AM

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  23. AVST1/11/2011 7:38 AM

    Thanks.
    We will probably start using it at www.avst.com

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  24. Unknown1/11/2011 10:02 AM

    I just blogged about this. http://www.jphellemons.nl/post/Google-URL-shortener-API-%28googl%29-C-sharp-class-C.aspx
    it's a class for Asp.Net C# solutions :)

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  25. para1/11/2011 2:20 PM

    Thx!

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  26. Unknown1/11/2011 9:30 PM

    Will use on my site

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  27. Sriram Gullapalli1/11/2011 10:02 PM

    Loved it. Thanks for the release...

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  28. rag1/12/2011 12:57 AM

    It's great!
    I supporse Google will buy Bit.ly

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  29. admin1/12/2011 2:34 AM

    That sound good.

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  30. Maynard S. Clark1/12/2011 10:57 AM

    Is it automatically found in Chrome? I've been using the Bit.Ly extension in Chrome.

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  31. KONERU1/12/2011 11:44 AM

    guys wait, tinyurl.com was already there from ages... got it... google should Donate using there knowledge...

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  32. Unknown1/12/2011 9:20 PM

    Awesome, Thanks Google.

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  33. Anonymous1/12/2011 10:46 PM

    I am a robot ::cheer::

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  34. d1/12/2011 11:44 PM

    +1 for Ry4an's point - is there a plan to "upgrade" the existing GAFYD shortlink service to use this new service?

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  35. Unknown1/13/2011 3:55 AM

    I could not resist creating the Google Chrome browser extension that leverage just announced API. Give it a try. http://goo.gl/F2shY

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  36. Unknown1/14/2011 1:58 PM

    COJO-" NUDO " <=> El " GUANTE BLANCO @... URL&Google||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Si

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  37. Jim Ramia1/14/2011 2:55 PM

    Cool!

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  38. aJ1/14/2011 3:03 PM

    I created chrome extension to shorten url using official goo.gl api on same day.
    http://goo.gl/jxjk2

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  39. The Publisher1/14/2011 7:52 PM

    Where can we find a truly free app with no strings attached unless you upgrade?

    Back to the lab!

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  40. Unknown1/16/2011 11:15 PM

    thnx....at last we get it

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  41. Tony1/17/2011 1:29 PM

    Well lets put it to test

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  42. Tony1/17/2011 1:30 PM

    I am one Developer

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  43. Anonymous1/17/2011 9:31 PM

    We added it to our social media management app: http://goo.gl/0Ntxl

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  44. Preface Communications1/20/2011 12:03 PM

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  45. Unknown1/21/2011 6:43 AM

    Really good job A+.....

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  46. melani1/21/2011 8:35 AM

    que bueno es

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  47. SysOp1/23/2011 4:04 PM

    Here is an (unofficial) goo.gl URL Shortener Gadget:

    http://goo.gl/7PcSI

    You can add it to your dashboard or web site. It's written entirely in JavaScript.


    XML Source Code Manifest: http://goo.gl/0d53v

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  48. Anonymous4/17/2011 5:42 AM

    Brillant!

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  49. Richard Milewski8/09/2011 5:39 PM

    It's fast and it works, but the rate limiter makes it pretty close to useless. The rate limiter on the control panel has no effect.

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  50. joselo11/19/2011 12:14 PM

    I've been using the api and it awesome, however I'm wondering if there is any way to get the chart?? I mean with the API I can get lot of information like, countries, devices, click, etc. But is it posible get a complete stats including dates, times etc.?? you know in order to draw the stats in a chart using google chart tools.

    Thanks!!

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  51. Sreejan Dey1/03/2012 11:31 PM

    One of the Smartest Feature of Google :)

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