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Shorten.REST API Documentation (ranked 1188 of 5138)

https://escape-data-and-specs.s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/specs/Shorten_REST_API_Documentation_7e44e7ba_2cc9_4078_8413_c344ec3ce44c_json.json

GENERAL INFORMATION

Introduction

The Shorten.rest API allows you to programmatically create short URLs (an 'alias') for longer URL (a 'destination').

Each alias you create can be used to redirect the end user (person clicking on the link) to one or more destination URLs

A default destination is always set and specific destinations can be set to redirect the end user to preferred destinations based on the user's geographical location (country) and device Operating System.

In order to use the Shorten.Rest URL Shortening API you can choose to bind your own branded domain, sub-domain or to use our default domain - Short.FYI

Destination Matching

When creating or editing a short URL ('alias') you can choose to specify a destination for each country and OS (Supported OSes list) combination.

When a user clicks on the short link, Shorten.rest will examine the end user's country (determined by User's IP) and OS (User agent) and match t

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SECURITY 4/5

The security score of an API is computed as the number of OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities detected in the API.

  • OWASP issues detected: API7:2023

PERFORMANCE 3/5

The performance score is derived from the median response time of the API, sometimes referred as p50. The median is the value separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, here the response times of the API.

  • The median response time of the API is 374 ms .

Get p50 under 220 ms to get a 4/5 score.

RELIABILITY 5/5

The reliability score is derived from the number of inconsistent server responses, either server errors or non-conforming return values.

  • Self compliance: response objects matched the declared response types.
  • Server errors: the server did not return any 5xx error.

DESIGN 4/5

The design score reflects the quality of the specification file (usually named openapi.json or swagger.json). Having a high-quality specification file (with up-to-date types and examples) help developers understand the API and tools produce relevant documentation.

  • Respects OpenAPI 2.0 schema specification.
  • Contains comments and summaries.
  • Contains examples.
  • Does not contain duplicated objects.

Popularity 0/5

The popularity score is computed from the number of references to the API found on the internet. Have your API used by many developers to get a higher score!

Last scanned: 5/4/2023