
Copy ShortURL by Fred Wenzel
Copy ShortURL lets you instantly create a short URL for web pages that you visit, so you can easily share links with friends.
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On any webpage, this add-on adds a new item in the right click menu called “Copy Short URL”. When you click it, the add-on looks for a canonical short URL exposed by the website itself or creates its own.
A number of major websites expose their own short URLs for any entry on their webpages, among these: youtube (“youtu.be/…”), Wordpress.com, Arstechnica, Techcrunch, and many more.
If, however, the site does not name its own short URL, the add-on automatically falls back to making a short URL using is.gd (or other shortening service).
After a fraction of a second, you end up with a short URL in your clipboard, ready to be used in tweets, emails, forum posts, or wherever else you please.
A number of major websites expose their own short URLs for any entry on their webpages, among these: youtube (“youtu.be/…”), Wordpress.com, Arstechnica, Techcrunch, and many more.
If, however, the site does not name its own short URL, the add-on automatically falls back to making a short URL using is.gd (or other shortening service).
After a fraction of a second, you end up with a short URL in your clipboard, ready to be used in tweets, emails, forum posts, or wherever else you please.
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This add-on needs to:
- Input data to the clipboard
- Display notifications to you
- Access your data for all websites
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- Version
- 5.1.1
- Size
- 119.2 KB
- Last updated
- a year ago (Mar 28, 2020)
- License
- Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
- Privacy Policy
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- Version History
Bugfix only: sites without `<title>` tags were not shortened properly. #109
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Created with Mozilla's new Web Extension interface.
This add-on is licensed under an Apache license. The source code is available on github. Contributions welcome!
Note: I am not in any way affiliated with is.gd and have chosen their service for the fallback functionality purely arbitrarily because they expose a convenient REST API for me to use.