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Integrate powerful link shortening, analytics, and QR code generation directly into your application with our robust REST API.

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Getting Started

Introduction
Authentication
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Endpoints

Introduction

The LoomShort API allows you to programmatically shorten URLs, creating custom branded links on the fly. Detailed analytics and bot protection are applied automatically to every link generated via the API.

Note: The API is currently in Public Preview. Some features like advanced analytics retrieval are being rolled out gradually.

Authentication

LoomShort uses API keys for authentication. You can pass your API key in the request header.

bash

Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>

POST

/api/public/shorten

Create a new shortened link. If authenticated, the link will be associated with your account and permanent.

Request Body

Parameter	Type	Description
destination	string	The destination URL you want to shorten.
fingerprint	string	A unique client fingerprint (optional for auth users).

Example Request

bash

curl -X POST https://loomshort.com/api/public/shorten \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "destination": "https://example.com/very/long/url",
    "fingerprint": "client-123-unique-id"
  }'

Example Response

json

{
  "id": "clq...",
  "slug": "xK9s2m",
  "destination": "https://example.com/very/long/url",
  "expiresAt": null,
  "upgrade": false
}