How to Create a Google URL Shortener Web App in PHP

 Santhosh veer  Last Updated: October 4, 2017  Php, Plugins

GOOGLE URL SHORTENER WEB APP

Hai Today I am Going to release My Second PHP Plugin Google URL Shortener Web App before that we release Bitly URL Shortener Web App

Google providing a Free URL Shortener service & API for website/blog owners and developers for shortening their Long URL into short URL.

Today Evening I open the poll contest on Hellboundbloggers Facebook Group Most of them Voted for Google URL Shortener service  🙂 Nearly 30+ people voted for this URL Shortener service.

It’s Completely Free and unlimited URL Shorten Per day

FREE URL SHORTENER WEB APP FOR BLOGGERS AND DEVELOPERS

App –  Mskian Google URL Shortener Web App

Version – 1.0

Developer – Santhosh veer

PROCESS 1

Create an API and refer URL for Google URL Shortener Web App

• Go to Google developer Library
• Click “Enable APIS and Services“
• now it shows the Google API packages
• you can find the Other popular APIs or Search as URL Shortener API
• Now open the URL Shortener API and Click Enable

• Next, in top menu, we found the select the project drop-down menu click that now it will Display the Pop-up Box with our Project List else if you are having any project Create New

• Now in the left sidebar menu, you found the Credentials with key icon click Credentials.
• Now it shows the three option’s “Credentials, OAuth Consent screen and Domain Verification
• Click Credentials Dropdown Menu
• Choose API key.
• It Will Generate an API for you
• A pop-up Box will Display the API click Restrict Key on the Pop-up box
• Name your API key
• In Key Restriction Choose “HTTP Referrers“
• in Accept Headers Enter your website link in this format *.yourwebsite.com/* (note – Enter your website link that you are going to use this web app.)

• Click Save 🙂

PROCESS 2

Install Google URL Shortener Web App on your web server.

VIEW DEMO