Firebase allows to create short links (Firebase Dynamic Links). It can be done manually, or fetching the API:
jsxconst shortenURL = async (longURL) => { // You need to change the API Key by the one provided in the FIrebase Console let url = 'https://firebasedynamiclinks.googleapis.com/v1/shortLinks?key=[YOUR_API_KEY]'; // Long dynamic link is composed by // 1. Short URL (by default, Firebase allows you to create https://[YOUR_PROJECT].page.link type of links) // 2. Long URL encoded (important to encode the URL, otherwise, Firebase will return a 400 error) let longDynamicLink = 'https://[YOUR_PROJECT].page.link/?link=' + encodeURIComponent(longURL); let response = await fetch(url, { "method": "POST", "headers": { "content-type": "application/json" }, "body": JSON.stringify( {"longDynamicLink": longDynamicLink} ) }); let data = await response.json(); // Firebase returns a 'shortLink' field with the short URL return data.shortLink; }
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