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Nickname |
Message |
02:46
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TehShrike |
So hey. I've got a URL shortener laying around, what sort of format would you guys prefer it dumped in? |
02:46
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SketchCow |
See how it is in urlte.am |
02:46
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TehShrike |
Would you like an API to it? |
02:46
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SketchCow |
Are you the shortener? |
02:47
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TehShrike |
Yeah, I wrote one up a few years ago one night when I was drunk |
02:48
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TehShrike |
Gets a thousand or so people clicking through the URLs a month. Not too big, but there's a few thousand URLs shortened in it |
02:48
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TehShrike |
The idea of a central backup for URL shorteners seems like a good idea |
03:14
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SketchCow |
API is good to have to it, yes. |
03:22
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chronomex |
TehShrike: okay, cool. I can help you. |
03:23
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chronomex |
the way we archive url shorteners is detailed on urlte.am. |
03:23
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chronomex |
in short: |
03:23
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chronomex |
http://tinyurl.com/foo-whatever |
03:23
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chronomex |
becomes a line in the file 'tinyurl.com' |
03:24
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chronomex |
foo-whatever|http://target.url/ |