Information about the dboost short url api

Here you will find all available information about the dboost short url service api

Before you get startet you will need an api key. After you provided your email adress you will receive your unique api key. NOTICE: You need to provide your email because

1. you will have to confirm api key registration by clicking a registration link
2. you will (only) receive informations about changes you must know using the api

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Click here to get your api key

After registration you can get started with your api key. The confimation email will be sent the following 24 hours and you have to confirm your registration the following 24 hours after the mail has been sent. If you don’t confirm your email the api key will be deleted!

Make sure to store your api key save.

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How to use your api key

Now, the interesting part of dboost short url api

What can you do with the api?

First of all the api can be used to make short urls automated. Lets pretend you are developer of a nifty webtool and you want your application the use the ability of short urls. Your script grabs the real url and throws it over to the dboost short url api containing the api key.

How can you do this?

This is very simple. Just use the following url to send your api key and real url to the api.

http://dboost.de/api.php?apikey=[YOUR APIKEY]&realurl=[LONGURL]

What you get is a nice small short url - thats all.

Here is an example coded in PHP

<?php
$my_api_request = fopen ("[URL_STRING]","r") or die ("error!");
sleep(1);
for ($i=0; (!feof($my_api_request)); $i++) {
$my_short_url = fgets($my_api_request);
}
fclose($my_api_request);
echo "api test: ".$my_short_url;
?>

Please be patient, as I will more provide information soon…