The url shortener goes API

gl·am exposes some of its functionality via an Application Programming Interface (API).

RESTful Resources
The gl.am API attempts to conform to the design principles of Representational State Transfer (REST).

gl.am’s API methods for the url shortener presently supports the following data formats: XML (xml), Json (json) and Plain text (plain)

Examples:

GET Request
http://gl.am/API::shorten?type=plain&url=http://www.google.com/search?q=jack+bauer
Urlencode the url-parameter for accurate results

POST Request
Url: http://gl.am/API::shorten
PostBody: type=plain&url=http://www.google.com/search?q=jack+bauer

Result: http://gl.am/xN2bp5

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