w3.do - URL Shortener on NOSTR Network

A free URL shortener service enabled by the NOSTR protocol, that is fast and fuss-free, stripped of all bells and whistles, no gimmicks—it just works!

Visit w3.do, the URL shortener service enabled by the NOSTR protocol.

Kind 1994

const id = nanoid(8);

const event = new NDKEvent();
event.kind = 1994;
event.tags = [
  ["d", id],
  ["r", '<user input>'],
];

Why 1994?

Because URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) were defined in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. [source: Wikipedia]

NOSTR NIP-19 redirects njump.me

Using a bech32 formatted string according to NIP-19 as input will generate a shortened URL that redirects to njump.me.

This includes: nevent1, note1, npub1, nprofile1, naddr1.

For instance, when the input npub1alpha9l6f7kk08jxfdaxrpqqnd7vwcz6e6cvtattgexjhxr2vrcqk86dsn is provided, it generates a shortened URL, w3.do/ig2FmnQY, which redirects to njump.me/npub1alpha9l6f7kk08jxfdaxrpqqnd7vwcz6e6cvtattgexjhxr2vrcqk86dsn.

REST API

Create a short URL

You can use this API to create a short URL.

GET https://w3.do/get?url=<url>

For example: https://w3.do/get?url=https://github.com/jinglescode/nostr-url-shortener

This will return a JSON response, for example:

{
  "id":"xNQ8b0HZ",
  "url":"w3.do/xNQ8b0HZ",
  "eid":"a62729f9e11506183672f1e37bc4617af94636169b3c5b25db6c16b0cd05fbf1"
}

Check if a short URL exists

GET https://w3.do/check?url=<url>

Example: https://w3.do/check?url=https://github.com/jinglescode/nostr-url-shortener

Check using ID

GET https://w3.do/check?id=<id>

Example: https://w3.do/check?id=MSbbaU8l

Get all links by pubkey

GET https://w3.do/check?pubkey=<pubkey hex>

Example: https://w3.do/check?pubkey=efc37e97fa4fad679e464b7a6184009b7cc7605aceb0c5f56b464d2b986a60f0

Support this project

• Fund Raiser - Join the global community to support project on Geyser Fund, a crowdfunding platform. The funds will be used to pay for contributors and bounties.

• Contribute - Contribute directly by submitting a pull request.

• Try it and share it - Try the URL shortener service and share it.

Potential features

• support to handle nostr slugs, like nevent, npub, note, nprofile
• something about njump? https://github.com/fiatjaf/njump
• use bech32 too, use nip89 to store user preferred client

Contributors