A simple bash script to shorten URLs with YOURLS
# using wget
$> wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SophiaAtkinson/yourls-bash/master/yourls
# using curl
$> curl -s -o yourls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SophiaAtkinson/yourls-bash/master/yourlsThen, edit the two parameters at the beginning of the script (YOURLS_HOST and YOURLS_KEY) to match your setup.
Depending on your setup, you may want to make this file executable (chmod +x yourls) and in your $PATH (eg ~/bin maybe)
Shorten a long URL :
$> yourls https://someverylongdomain.com
https://sho.rt/efShorten a long URL and provide a custom keyword and a custom title :
$> yourls https://someverylongurl.com -k test12 --title "Some title"
https://sho.rt/test12Shorten a URL and receive JSON output, for instance to display with jq :
$> yourls https://example.com -f json | jq
{
"url": {
"keyword": "Nzs",
"url": "https://example.com",
"title": "Example Domain",
"date": "2021-06-06 16:03:44",
"ip": "127.0.0.1"
},
"status": "success",
"message": "http://example.com added to database",
"title": "Example Domain",
"shorturl": "http://sho.rt/Nzs",
"statusCode": 200
}Display help message :
$> yourls --helpDo whatever the hell you want with it