shlink/docs/swagger/paths/v1_short-urls_shorten.json

{
    "get": {
        "operationId": "shortenUrl",
        "tags": [
            "Short URLs"
        ],
        "summary": "Create a short URL",
        "description": "Creates a short URL in a single API call. Useful for third party integrations.<br><br>**Important note**: Before shlink v1.13, this endpoint used to use the `/short-codes` path instead of `/short-urls`. Both of them will keep working, while the first one is considered deprecated.",
        "parameters": [
            {
                "name": "apiKey",
                "in": "query",
                "description": "The API key used to authenticate the request",
                "required": true,
                "schema": {
                    "type": "string"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "longUrl",
                "in": "query",
                "description": "The URL to be shortened",
                "required": true,
                "schema": {
                    "type": "string"
                }
            },
            {
                "name": "format",
                "in": "query",
                "description": "The format in which you want the response to be returned. You can also use the \"Accept\" header instead of this",
                "required": false,
                "schema": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                        "txt",
                        "json"
                    ]
                }
            }
        ],
        "responses": {
            "200": {
                "description": "The list of short URLs",
                "content": {
                    "application/json": {
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                                "longUrl": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "description": "The original long URL that has been shortened"
                                },
                                "shortUrl": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "description": "The generated short URL"
                                },
                                "shortCode": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "description": "the short code that is being used in the short URL"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    "text/plain": {
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    }
                },
                "examples": {
                    "application/json": {
                        "longUrl": "https://github.com/shlinkio/shlink",
                        "shortUrl": "https://dom.ain/abc123",
                        "shortCode": "abc123"
                    },
                    "text/plain": "https://dom.ain/abc123"
                }
            },
            "400": {
                "description": "The long URL was not provided or is invalid.",
                "content": {
                    "application/json": {
                        "schema": {
                            "$ref": "../definitions/Error.json"
                        }
                    },
                    "text/plain": {
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    }
                },
                "examples": {
                    "application/json": {
                        "error": "INVALID_URL",
                        "message": "Provided URL foo is invalid. Try with a different one."
                    },
                    "text/plain": "INVALID_URL"
                }
            },
            "500": {
                "description": "Unexpected error.",
                "content": {
                    "application/json": {
                        "schema": {
                            "$ref": "../definitions/Error.json"
                        }
                    },
                    "text/plain": {
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    }
                },
                "examples": {
                    "application/json": {
                        "error": "UNKNOWN_ERROR",
                        "message": "Unexpected error occurred"
                    },
                    "text/plain": "UNKNOWN_ERROR"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}