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Bit.ly is an URL-shortening service

Bitly is an URL-shortening service, which provides an extensive API for programmers to easily integrate URL-shortening services into their own applications. Bitly's API supports JSON and XML, and allows retrieving statistics about specific short URLs.

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How to generate unique (short) URL folder name on the fly...like Bit.ly

I'm creating an application which will create a large number of folders on a web server, with files inside of them. I need the folder name to be unique. I can easily do this with a GUID, but I want something more user friendly. It doesn't need to…
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bit.ly php api - chopping off querystring parameter after '&' symbol?

I've got a Flash app that includes a twitter share for a customized mini application. I'm achieving this very simply using flashvars passed in via a php querystring so your custom colour and message are passed to the mini-app. The problem of course…
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Google's Safe Browsing malware flag and Bit.ly custom domains

I'm trying to better understand how to implement a custom domain with bit.ly without getting flagged by Google's Safe Browsing Site Status. As I understand it, you can get flagged by Google if you have a link on your site to another site that has…
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jQuery .ajax call to bit.ly returns results in IE but not FF or Chrome

I am trying to call to the bit.ly URL shortening service using jQuery with an .ajax call. update I wondering if this is a cross-domain security issue? I'm making a call from mysite.com to bit.ly