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Integrate programmatic URL shortening, dynamic QR code generation, AI analytics, and webhooks into your applications.

OpenAPI 3.1 Spec MCP Server Card Get API Key

TrimLynk REST API v1 Base URLs

Versioned production endpoints with 100% backward-compatible unversioned aliases:

https://api.trimlynk.com/v1 (Recommended)https://trimlynk.com/api/v1https://trimlynk.com/api (Unversioned Alias)

Authentication

Pass your API key prefixed with tk_ in the HTTP Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer tk_live_your_key

Rate Limits & Headers

All API responses return standard IETF RateLimit headers:

• RateLimit-Limit: 1000

• RateLimit-Remaining: 998

• RateLimit-Reset: 3540s

• Retry-After: (on 429s)

TrimLynk 5-Second Quickstart (cURL v1)

# 1. Shorten a URL instantly via TrimLynk API v1
curl -X POST https://trimlynk.com/api/v1/free-urls/shorten \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"longUrl": "https://example.com/product/launch-2026"}'

# 2. Response (with RateLimit headers):
# RateLimit-Limit: 1000
# RateLimit-Remaining: 999
# RateLimit-Reset: 3600
{
  "shortCode": "x8K2mQ",
  "shortUrl": "https://trimlynk.com/x8K2mQ",
  "longUrl": "https://example.com/product/launch-2026",
  "expiresAt": "2026-09-04T12:00:00.000Z"
}