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kgibbon
kgibbon

Reputation: 726

Resolve shortened url in Android

How do I resolve a shortened url (bit.ly/dfasdfasf) to the re-directed url in android?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2087

Answers (3)

jakebasile
jakebasile

Reputation: 8132

You would probably want to use the Bit.ly API expand function.

From the docs:

Given a bitly URL or hash (or multiple), /v3/expand decodes it and returns back the target URL

Upvotes: 2

Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson

Reputation: 35598

You have to request the URL and then inspect the response to determine where the server is redirecting you to. You can do this by using Android's HTTP libraries or Java Sockets. Alternatively, if you know it's a bit.ly URL, you can use their API to expand the shortened url.

Upvotes: 4

Marcos Vasconcelos
Marcos Vasconcelos

Reputation: 18276

The HttpURLConnection class redirect the connection in a max of 5 jumps.

Upvotes: 1

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