Shortened your url on the go!

Designed for everyone, Bly.to is the ultimate url shortener which can be easily used to create instant FREE short urls for .

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Made For everyone

Fast API, web interface & browser extension for shortening urls.

Secure as created

You can preview any short URL destination before visiting, by simply adding an exclamation mark ( ! ) at the end of the URL.
https://bly.to/example!

Lightening Fast

Bly.to's underlying mechanisms to create short urls and to redirect to long urls is pretty good, we also take care of your meta tags!

API Available

Shorting URLs using API is simple, you just need to call the API with your long url and you get your url shortened.
(or do it from here)

Always FREE

Bly.to does not have any paid plans for now, but if we do introduce paid plans in the future, free plan will be there, always.

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How Does It Work (API)

It is just the process of two easy steps!

1Call Shortener API

Simply send a HTTP Post request with the link you want to shorten along with an optional slug if you need, and accessToken if you have one. (optional)

2Get Shortened Link!

You will get a response back with the short url which you can use however you want, we use 301 redirect which helps you in the SEO :)

Here is an example of how simply you can use bly.to

              
  // using async function
  const res = await fetch('https://bly.to/short', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      long: <YOUR_LONG_URL>,        // required
      slug: <CUSTOM_SLUG>,          // optional
      accessToken: <ACCESS_TOKEN>,  // optional
    })
  });

  const json = await res.json();
  console.log(json);
  /*
  {
    "long": "myawesomewebsite.com",
    "shortUrl": "https://bly.to/maw",
    "success": true,
  }
  */

  // using CURL
  // curl -XPOST -H "Content-type: application/json" -d '{ "long": "<YOUR_LONG_URL>" }' 'https://bly.to/short'

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