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Instructions
Basic instructions
Using TweaK
Simply type (or copy/paste from your browser's address bar) the URL which you'd like to rename into a smaller one. Push the 'Next' button, and Dot TK will make the address smaller for you, and give you a new link that includes a new free domain name.
To use an address shortened by TweaK
There is no need to visit http://tweak.tk to use a shortened address. Simply type or paste the shortened URL into your browser's address bar and press enter, you will be automatically forwarded to the original address. If somebody has given you a Tweak TK domain in the form of a hyperlink, just click on the link instead.
Additional functionality
Free Domain
This great free shortening service includes a real working Dot TK domain name. All for free!
All Dot TK domain names are instantly available on the Internet worldwide.
Preview
It's very easy to find out where any TweaKed address will take you without having to visit it. This is useful to check that the link will redirect to a destination you trust. Simply add a slash hyphen (/-) to the end of the domain, and instead of being redirected to the original long address automatically, you'll be taken to a preview page telling you where the link goes.
For example: you have been given the shortened link http://bcdef.tk and want to check where it goes. Copy/paste it into your browser's address bar and then add a slash hyphen, making the link http://bcdef.tk/-. Now simply visit that address, and instead of being taken directly to the original URL, you'll be taken to a preview page on the TweaK site which will tell you the link's destination.
Additional keywords
Everything in front of the domain name is ignored. So if you'd like additional keywords or "hints" to a URL, you can take advantage of this to manually add them. For example, if I created the shortened URL http://bcdef.tk that redirected to a sports site, and wanted to add additional keywords to the link, I could give it out as http://sportnews.bcdef.tk or even better: http://look.how.michael.jordan.is.still.playing.bcdef.tk.
Coming soon
The Dot TK Development Team are working on OpenTK: this new API is the next generation version of TweaK. Check www.nic.tk soon for more information!
Technical
How does TweaK work?
When you shorten a URL, Dot TK stores the long version in its database and assigns the URL a new domain name that ends with the .TK extension. For example, if you shorten the URL http://www.google.com and the link you get back is http://bcdef.tk, then the unique domain name that your URL has been assigned is bcdef.tk.
The domain name is instantly made in our Top Level Domain DNS. That means that immediately after registration you are able to use www.bcdef.tk.
When somebody visits your new short domain name, Dot TK takes the domain and redirects the user to the original long URL that is stored in our database. If you sign up for a Dot TK account you can track all the traffic to your domains.
TweaK API
Dot TK's TweaK API service lets developers design computer programs and online applications that interact directly with the Dot TK registration system for free domain name registration services.
This basically means that Dot TK allows developers to register short URL's and free domain names with the .TK extension, in the background of their applications.
The TweaK API offers two functions;
shorten – for shortening a random URL and
lengthen – for resolving the short name.
Shorten
To shorten any long address, simply POST or GET the address to our API and parse the answer.
http://api.dot.tk/tweak/shorten?long=
Request
The specified longaddress needs to be an URL encoded representation of the URL. If the URL http://www.dot.tk needs to be shortened, it should be passed as http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dot.tk. The 'http://' part of the passed long URL may be omitted.
Response
The response's header will indicate if the shortening was successful or not. A HTTP response code 200 indicates the shorting was a success.
In case of success, the responses body will contain two lines:
http://bcdef.tk
http://tk./bcdef
The first line will return the created domain name. The second line will display the shortened URL. They both work instantly. The next line is indicated with a carriage return. The domain name is immediately available to use everywhere in the world. Please note that the shortened URL sometimes is not correctly interpreted as an hyperlink in some applications. However, the shortened URL is a real working URL and works in all browsers.
When an error occurred, the HTTP response code will be set to one of the following:
400: Long URL not submitted
401: Long URL is invalid
402: Quota reached
403: Shortname already taken
409: An other error happened
On error, the content body will be empty. Per IP address only 250 addresses maybe shortened per 24 hours. When this maximum is reached, error 402 will be returned. This maximum can be increased or released when the Dot TK staff are informed about the application that is using the API.
Lengthen
To resolve any short address, please post the short address to::
http://api.dot.tk/tweak/lengthen?shortname=
Request
The short address may be one of the following:
- The short address, ie: http://tk./bcdef
- The domain, ie: http://bcdef.tk
- The shortname, ie: bcdef
Response
In case of success, HTTP response code 200 will be returned. The body's content will contain the original long address, i.e:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=tokelau&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=45.736609,73.125&ie=UTF8&ll=-9.236315,-171.867371&spn=0.895969,1.142578&z=10
When an error occurred, the HTTP response code will be set to one of the following:
410: Short URL not submitted
411: Short URL invalid syntax
412: Short URL not found
On error, the content body will be empty.
Forum
If you have any problems with getting the TweaK API to work please refer to the online API Forum at www.apiforum.tk.
Dot TK and abuse and copyright infringement:
If you want to report abuse of a shortened URL or domain name, please send a detailed email with your complaint to abuse
dot.tk. In most cases Dot TK responds to abuse complaints within one business day.
If you want to report a case of copyright infringement, please send an email to copyrightdot.tk, and include the full name and address of your organization. Within 5 business days copyright infringement notices will be investigated.
How long do the new shortened TweaK domains last?
We never remove shortened URLs, as long as they are created in accordance with our terms & conditions.