Developer API v0.01

AbbrV8 has developed an API for external developers to integrate abbrV8 into their applications - at absolutely no cost. You can use the API via XML-RPC to generate short URLs for pages, without having to manually use our site.

Details

API URL: http://abbrv8.com/apiv0.01/

Our service supports the Describe method, so you can query it to find out the full range of functions.

The beta API is very simple. A long url is submitted as a string (by method 'getShortURL'), and the abbrv8 link is returned as a string.

Example Transaction

An example request looks like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
	<methodCall>
   		<methodName> abbrv8.getShortURL </methodName>
		<params>
			<param> 
				<value> 
					<string> YOUR_URL_HERE </string> 
				</value> 
			</param>
		</params>
	</methodCall>

And a response looks like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
	<methodResponse>
		<params>
			<param> 
				<value>
					<string>http://abbrv8.com/qn</string>
				</value> 
			</param>
		</params>
	</methodResponse>

Disclaimer

As the Developer API (and the rest of abbrV8) is in Beta, changes may occur as neccessary. Any publicly announced API will be maintained as much as possible, unless superceeded with future versions.

Release History

• 2007-01-08: v0.01 released

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