How to make a URL Shortener in C++?

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I would like to make a URL Shortener in C++ that uses an API to short url the api request is this: http://sitename.com/api.php?url=http://urltoshort.com

How can I make it in C++ So the user will be asked to insert the long url and then press Enter to short it and there will be automatically return the short URL Anyone can help me please? Regards P.S I have this code:

C++

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
    string longurl, shorturl;
    cout<<"Please insert long URL"<<endl;
    cin>>longurl;
    shorturl = "http://sitename.com/api.php?url="+longurl;
    cout<<"Short URL:"<<shorturl<<endl;
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

But return me http://sitename.com/api.php?url=http://urltoshort.com How can I make it to connect to the website and return me the shorted URL?

Posted 31-Jan-14 9:45am

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Updated 31-Jan-14 9:46am

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Philippe Mori 31-Jan-14 22:17pm

URL shortening is a service that some web site provide. So you simply have to connect to one of those site, send the information and then interpret the answer. For more détails some of the solution belows might help.

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bling · Answer 1 · 2014-01-31T12:59:00

For Windows, use the WinInet or WinHttp APIs.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh227298%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^]

WinInet example:

An Asynchronous HTTP Request WinINet Wrapper in C++[^]

WinHttp example:

A Simple Windows HTTP Wrapper Using C++[^]

For Linux (or Windows), use libcurl.

http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/wininet.html[^]

This example should do it.

http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/simple.html[^]

Andreas Gieriet · Answer 2 · 2014-01-31T13:16:00

You seem not to understand the concept of client-server.

Your program would play the client role that requests some data from the server.

The client requests data from the server.
The server returns a resopnse (error or success plus resuested data).

In order to successfully talk to each other, both roles must agree on some communication protocol.

The request protocol is encoded in the URL plus some additional data sent to the server.
The response protocol is based on the protocol mentioned in the requestng URL plus the additional data sent to the server.

See HTTP Protocol[^] for some background on HTTP communication between client and server.

To implement a web client, you may work on the bare low level functions, or depending on your environment (Windows, Linux, Unix, ...) you may use some existing classes/libraries.

Unix/Linux: see e.g. http://www.binarytides.com/server-client-example-c-sockets-linux/[^] for C based server/client code example.

CURL: or you might use the libcurl, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL[^].

CP: you might also use some already invented client, e.g. A Fully Featured Windows HTTP Wrapper in C++[^].

Or on Windows/.Net, you might use http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webclient(v=vs.110).aspx[^]

Cheers
Andi

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