Google Releases API for Its URL Shortener
External developers can now integrate Google's Goo.gl URL shortening service into their websites and online applications through a just-released API (application programming interface).
In addition to letting their users shrink long Web addresses and share links to them, external developers will be able to give users access to their URL shortening history and analytics, Google said Monday in a blog post.
"You could use these features for a wide variety of applications, enabling behaviors ranging from auto-shortening within Twitter or Google Buzz clients to running regular jobs that monitor your usage statistics and traffic patterns," wrote Google official Ben D'Angelo.
