URL shortening

Shorten any URL over at uplink.to

Calling

http://uplink.to/uplinkto.php?longurl={escaped URL string}

from any language will return the shortened URL in the http response.

Here is an example in Cocoa:

-(NSString*)shortenURL:(NSString*)url
{
  CFStringRef legalStr = CFSTR("!@#$%^&()<>?{},;'[]");
  NSString *escUrl = (NSString*)CFURLCreateStringByAddingPercentEscapes(kCFAllocatorDefault,
 (CFStringRef)url, NULL, legalStr, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
  NSString *apiEndpoint = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://uplink.to/uplinkto.php?longurl=%@",escUrl];
  NSError* error;
  NSString* shortURL = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:apiEndpoint]
 encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error];
  if (shortURL)
   return shortURL;
  else
   return [error localizedDescription];
}

Usage of the shortening service is governed by the site terms of service.