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

OpenAPI 3.1 Studio MCP Server & Manifest 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"
}