URL Shortener
Send any long URL to TinyURL's public API and get a short link back - with a custom alias when the name is free, and a clearly labelled fallback when the service is rate-limited.
tinyurl.com/api-create.php, TinyURL's public creation endpoint, and the short link it returns is what you copy. If the
browser is not allowed to read that response, the request is retried through a public CORS gateway (AllOrigins, then CodeTabs), so the
address may pass through one of those services as well. Nothing is stored by ToolFlic - but treat any URL you shorten as shared with
TinyURL. Aliases can only be created here, not edited or deleted: manage existing links in your own TinyURL account.🔗 Shortened URL:
How to Use Url Shortener
Follow these simple steps to get the best results.
Paste your long URL
Enter the link to compress - https:// is added if you leave the protocol off, and the character counter updates as you type.
Add an alias (optional)
Type a custom suffix such as spring-sale. TinyURL only accepts a name that is still free, so a taken alias falls back to a random code and the result box tells you that happened.
Copy and share
Copy the short link - the result also names the route that produced it, and the saved-character count shows exactly how much you trimmed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Url Shortener.
About the Url Shortener Tool
Long URLs break in print, get truncated in bios and look suspicious in SMS. This tool sends your link to TinyURL's public creation endpoint and returns the short version, with one useful extra: type an alias such as spring26-sale and, if the name is still free, you get tinyurl.com/spring26-sale instead of a random code. When TinyURL refuses an alias - taken, or the endpoint rate limiting you - the tool shortens without one and says so plainly rather than showing a bare error. Every result names the route that produced it, and the stats bar counts the characters you trimmed. Existing codes are edited or deleted in your own TinyURL account; this page only creates them.
Core Advantages
Fit a campaign link into a single SMS segment, a QR code that still scans, and a social bio that does not read like spam. A readable alias survives a rebrand better than a random hash and is easier to say out loud. Because the request is retried through a public gateway when your browser is not allowed to read TinyURL directly, the tool keeps working instead of failing silently - and the plain statement of what is sent where lets you decide what you are comfortable shortening.
Architecture & Security
The short code is minted by TinyURL's public api-create.php endpoint, which replies with the new link as plain text. A browser can only read that reply when the service sends matching CORS headers, so the tool tries the direct request first and then repeats it through public pass-through gateways (AllOrigins, then CodeTabs), accepting an answer only when it is shaped like a URL. Two consequences worth stating: your long URL leaves your device and is visible to TinyURL (and to a gateway if one was used), and every later visit is served by TinyURL's redirect. The length and saved-character figures are computed locally from string length.
Under the Hood: the Url Shortener explained properly
No marketing filler — just the mechanics, the trade-offs and the real limits, explained clearly.
How it actually works
The short code is minted by the TinyURL public creation endpoint, which replies with the new link as plain text. A browser can read that reply directly only when TinyURL sends matching cross-origin headers, so the tool tries the direct request first and then repeats it through public pass-through gateways - AllOrigins in JSON form, then CodeTabs - accepting an answer only when it is actually shaped like a URL.
The optional alias is handled honestly rather than optimistically. If you type a custom name, the tool asks TinyURL for it; when that specific request is refused, because the name is taken or the endpoint is rate limiting you, it retries once without the alias and creates a random short link, and says in plain words that your alias was not accepted rather than silently showing a different result.
Length figures are computed locally: the characters saved and the before and after sizes are string maths on your own input, not a claim made by the service.
What that means for your results
Every result names the route that produced it, so you can tell whether you are looking at a direct TinyURL answer or one relayed through a gateway. When a link comes back the tool can open it or copy it, and a failed request reports failure instead of inventing a short URL.
Where it falls short — honestly
This is not a client-side shortener. Turning a long URL into a tinyurl.com link is done by the TinyURL servers, so your full destination URL leaves the device and is visible to TinyURL, and to the gateway as well if one was used. There is no analytics, no click tracking and no history here.
Custom aliases are honoured only when the name is free and the endpoint accepts it, and short codes cannot be edited or deleted from this page, since that happens inside your own TinyURL account. Because it depends on a third-party service and public gateways that are rate-limited and occasionally down, a request can simply fail.
A real end-to-end workflow
Use it to fit a campaign link into an SMS segment, a QR code or a social bio, and try an alias only when a readable name genuinely helps, since a random code works just as well for most posts.
Encode the finished short link into a scannable code with QR Code Generator, and tag it for analytics with UTM Builder; to measure the destination page itself rather than the link, use Page Speed Checker.
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