StretchLink.cc

An API for lengthening shortened URLs, cleaning off tracking cruft, and tidying up Amazon links. The opposite of a URL shortener.

Endpoint

https://stretchlink.cc/api/1/?url=XXX

Parameters

URL Query Parameters
Key (synonym) default description
url (required) The URL to process
clean false Remove known tracking elements
include_title false Get the page title
output (format) text Output format, can be text or json
tidy_amazon (tidy) false Minimize Amazon product links

(If output’s value starts with j, JSON will be output, m will output Markdown, and any other value will output a plain text link.)

Example

$ curl https://stretchlink.cc/api/1/?url=https://is.gd/u2nJyq&output=json&include_title=true

Returns:

{
    "original_url":"https://is.gd/u2nJyq",
    "expanded_url":"https://www.popclip.app/extensions/x/6pa6yt",
    "title":"Shorten Link — PopClip Extensions"
}

All url query parameters except for title can be shortened to a single letter, and booleans accept 1/0, true/false, or yes/no (case insensitive1):

curl https://stretchlink.cc/api/1?u=https://amzn.to/41FKQGN&t=1&c=1&o=text => https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGHTCKB1

API version: 1.0.18, last updated: 2024-12-21 14:19

Changelog

StretchLink.cc 1.0.18

IMPROVED

StretchLink.cc 1.0.15

NEW

FIXED

  1. This is ideal for Apple Shortcuts as you can just use a boolean variable value directly in the URL, which will output Yes or No.  ↩︎