URL Shortener API — Branded Links & Tracking | YEB

Create branded short links with custom aliases, expiry dates, password protection, click limits and detailed click analytics. Perfect for campaign tracking and affiliate management.

Transparent pricing: 0.002 credits / request

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Popular use-cases

Short, branded links for UTM-tagged campaigns you can rotate later.

Give each partner a unique alias to compare performance.

Expire by date or limit clicks for trials, embargoes or one-off shares.

Gate sensitive docs with a simple password — no account required.
Required. Must be a full URL including http(s)://.
Custom slug (if available). Otherwise a code is generated.
UTC is assumed.
Max clicks before the link stops working.
If set, visitors must enter this password.
Paste any existing code to fetch its stats. After creating a link, its code appears here automatically.
One result area on the right shows both creation details and stats.
Result
Created link
    Open
    Enter a code in the Stats tab and click “Fetch stats”.
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            MaxMind GeoLite2 data is typically accurate to city level for 65–70% of IPv4 addresses worldwide.
        
              
    
              

              
                                                    
              
    
              
        
    
              

    
              
        
              
            For privacy and simplicity we normalize all “not available” states (expired, consumed, disabled, click limit reached) to 404.
        
              
    
              

              
                                                    
              
    
              
        
    
              

    
              
        
              
            Yes, if the new alias/short_code is unique across both columns. The API enforces global uniqueness.
        
              
    
              

              
                                                    
              
    
              
        
    
              

    
              
        
              
            Default burst is 20 req/s per API key (may vary by plan). Daily and monthly quotas can also apply.
        
              
    
              

              
                                                    
              
    
              
        
    
              

    
              
        
              
            Creating a link consumes credits. Viewing stats does as well. Password views/attempts themselves are recorded but do not individually bill.
        
              
    
              

              
                                                    
              
    
              
        
    
              

    
              
        
              
            Uniques are approximated by distinct IP addresses observed before the current event.
        
              
    
              

              
                                                    
              
    
              
        
    
              

    
              
        
              
            Only you. Access checks match your user_id (web) or any API key you own (API). Requests from others resolve as 404.
        
              
    
              

              
                                                                            
              
    
              
        
    
              

    
              
        
              
            Every request from the live demo UI consumes the same number of credits as a direct API call.
        
              
    
              

              
                                            
              
                
              
            
              
        
              
    
    
    
              
                
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