Urlnet

Dead simple anonymous url shortener

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Dead simple anonymous url shortener

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Dead simple URL shortener. Anonymous, no cookies, no tracking. #Update Public API is available now! Please check the bottom of the page for a link to Open API document.

Launch tags:Productivity•Developer Tools

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Is the URL unique each time? I've never liked bitly (or similar solutions) because I feel the links are so obviously being tracked...

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6yr ago

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Maker

@alex_papageorge Dear Alex, if any existing record exists for an url to be shortened, we do not generate another short link for that and use existing one (to not to bog down Db size). I assure you we do not have any kind of tracking even the anonymous kinds ( no cookies, no analytics codes, no metric tracking on server side, etc. )

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6yr ago

BlockSurvey

Congrats on the launch. I like it. May I know the tech stack involved in this? Would you be adding Open Graph to customize URL for social sharing?

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6yr ago

Urlnet

Maker

@wilsonbright Hi Wilson, thank you, we are delighted to hear you like URLNet. Server side is .Net Core Mvc 3.0 runs on Heroku. Client side is pure html/ vanilla js/css. Db is MongoDB Atlas on cloud. We will consider your request and we will add sm sharing if we become absolutely sure it doesnt imply any kind of tracking.

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6yr ago

BlockSurvey

@bugrasitemkar thanks for sharing. this is great.

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6yr ago

How hard is it to do DNS level redirects? There are many URL shortening / redirect tools but none of them are as fast as Bit.ly. It's been over a decade but there's still no competitor that can match Bit.ly's 20ms redirect speed. I wonder why?

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6yr ago

Urlnet

Maker

@rayliverified Hi Ray, I do not know how bit.ly is that fast. Thinking out loud they might be fetching resources at pre flight request, injects them to header and redirect happens instantly when the actual request is sent. We are redirecting after we receive the get request, gather resources and do the redirection. Thanks for your question (:

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6yr ago

@bugrasitemkar If you look at the waterfall graph of their load requests, they don't have any request wait time at all. All the time is DNS lookup which is why I think they are writing redirects at the DNS level or as close to it as possible.

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6yr ago

This is cool! easier experience - somehow - compared to bitly lol i just shrunk this link https://urlnet.xyz/42ZTI and redirect works rather quickly! Great job guys!

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6yr ago

Urlnet

Maker

@humberto_valle Humberto, thanks for your support and appreciation (:

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6yr ago

Nice app, an api is planned ?

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6yr ago

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Maker

@romain_lt Hi Romain, there is an underlying api which is public and exposed. I just had to create a documentation or swagger file for it. Upon your request, I will try to make it ready in a couple of days.

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6yr ago

@bugrasitemkar Really nice thank you, I could use it in a future app ;)

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6yr ago

Urlnet

Maker

@romain_lt public API documentation is up now, please check the link at the bottom of the page to reach Open API specification document. Thanks for asking!

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6yr ago

Urlnet

Maker

Weekend project done in two days.

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6yr ago

CEO Short List

@bugrasitemkar Love to hear this.

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6yr ago

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