Create Bit.ly Short URLs Using Jquery and Ajax.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Create Bit.ly Short URLs Using Jquery and Ajax.

How to create Bit.ly short URLs using Jquery and Ajax. Many tutorials available on web about short URLs using server side script, this script works on client side. It is easy just 5 lines of code calling Bit.ly API. You have to modify the username and API key. Use it and make URLs shorts and neat.

Bitly Short URLs

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Javascript Code
You have to create an account on bit.ly and modify the username and API key.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/
ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function()
{

//bit_url function
function bit_url(url)
{
var url=url;
var username="username"; // bit.ly username
var key="bit.ly API key";
$.ajax({
url:"http://api.bit.ly/v3/shorten",
data:{longUrl:url,apiKey:key,login:username},
dataType:"jsonp",
success:function(v)
{
var bit_url=v.data.url;
$("#result").html('<a href="'+bit_url+'" target="_blank">'+bit_url+'</a>');
}
});
}


$("#short").click(function()
{
var url=$("#url").val();
var urlRegex = /(\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/ig;
var urltest=urlRegex.test(url);
if(urltest)
{
bit_url(url);
}
else
{
alert("Bad URL");
}
});

});
</script>

//HTML Code
<input type="text" name="url" id="url"/>
<input type="submit" id="short" value="Submit"/>
<div id="result"></div>

This javascript code $("#short").click(function(){}- short is the id name of the submit button. Using $("#url").val() calling input box value.

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22 comments:

  1. Very good script with bit.ly api!!

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  2. good idea.. simple way to shorting url.. how about goo.gl??

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  3. Hi sree etta ,

    Thanks for this concept...


    Praveen Thappily

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  4. This is a bad idea from a security perspective. While you can certainly generate short URLs this way, if it's on a public site anybody who has access to the site will be able to access the code and use the username and API key.

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  5. Yes, good observation, this technique isn't sicure, use php or another server language to shorten urls.

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  6. Good use of Jquery here but, Its like sharing your Usename and Password. Try to put these in a php script and use a little bit of Ajax.
    BTW very useful tutorial again.

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  7. this is awesome...I thought it is an algorithm and will take long..this is awesome...interesting demo..good job

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  8. ones more...
    http://code.google.com/p/bitly-api/wiki/JavascriptClientApiDocumentation#Information
    hihihi, heuheuheu ;)) :D

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  9. Srinivas this is vinodh buddy ur collegemate thanks for this tutorials

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  10. You're a superstar, I've been trying to figure out how to do this for weeks.

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  11. Great tutorial! Help a lot to one of my projects. Thanks!

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  12. Thank you. thank you. thank you. I've been trying to make a similar script to work with goo.gl and becoming increasingly frustrated.

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  13. can you please explain the function call on success
    success:function(v)
    {}
    as in my code this function is not called even when urltest is true!!

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  14. I was searching on net for this but they were not working...Thanks Srinivas for this Great

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  15. Thanks Srinivas...I searched internet but could not find any working example...Kudos

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  16. Don't you think its really bad to use this and create URL from JQUERY for security purpose ?? because user can easily see your API Key

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  17. hi, i have a question, is it only for input, isnt it? how can i textarea

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  18. Fantastic! thank you. :)

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  19. I believe this uses oath which has been depreciated.

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