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  1. Ross Spencer @[email protected] ·

    Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs

    by @beet_keeper

    Shortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work:

    1. Create a unique short code for a given (target) URL (like a hash, but far far shorter)
    2. Pair the short code with your URL in a database.
    3. Create a redirect rule on the URL shortening server from the new source URL to the target URL.
    4. Send the shortened link to the caller, e.g. shortURL.com/123badf00d
    5. In-perpetuity: continue to pay for your domain; maintain the database; look after redirect rules during server migrations; ensure duplicate short-codes are not created.

    A URL-shortening business in five easy steps.

    But what does that mean for digital preservation?

    Continue reading “Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs”…


    #Code #Coding #cURL #digipres #DigitalArchiving #DigitalPreservation #httpreserve #httpreserveLinkstat #JC #linkstat #Paradata #WebArchives #webArchiving
    #code #coding #curl #digipres #digitalarchiving #digitalpreservation
  2. Ross Spencer @[email protected] ·

    Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs

    by @beet_keeper

    Shortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work:

    Create a unique short code for a given (target) URL (like a hash, but far far shorter)

    Pair the short code with your URL in a database.

    Create a redirect rule on the URL shortening server from the new source URL to the target URL.

    Send the shortened link to the caller, e.g. shortURL.com/123badf00d

    In-perpetuity: continue to pay for your domain; maintain the database; look after redirect rules during server migrations; ensure duplicate short-codes are not created.

    A URL-shortening business in five easy steps.

    But what does that mean for digital preservation?


    #Code #Coding #cURL #digipres #DigitalArchiving #DigitalPreservation #httpreserve #httpreserveLinkstat #JC #linkstat #Paradata #WebArchives #webArchiving
    #code #coding #curl #digipres #digitalarchiving #digitalpreservation
  3. Ross Spencer @[email protected] ·

    Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs

    by @beet_keeper

    Shortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work:

    Create a unique short code for a given (target) URL (like a hash, but far far shorter)

    Pair the hash with your URL in a database.

    Create a redirect rule on the URL shortening server from the new source URL to the target URL.

    Send the shortened link to the caller, e.g. shortURL.com/123badf00d

    In-perpetuity: continue to pay for your domain; maintain the database; look after redirect rules during server migrations; ensure duplicate short-codes are not created.

    A URL-shortening business in five easy steps.

    But what does that mean for digital preservation?


    #Code #Coding #cURL #digipres #DigitalArchiving #DigitalPreservation #httpreserve #httpreserveLinkstat #JC #linkstat #Paradata #WebArchives #webArchiving
    #code #coding #curl #digipres #digitalarchiving #digitalpreservation
  4. Ross Spencer @[email protected] ·

    Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs

    by @beet_keeper

    Shortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work:

    Create a unique short code for a given (target) URL (like a hash, but far far shorter)

    Pair the hash with your URL in a database.

    Create a redirect rule on the URL shortening server from the new source URL to the target URL.

    Send the shortened link to the caller, e.g. shortURL.com/123badf00d

    In-perpetuity: continue to pay for your domain; maintain the database; look after redirect rules during server migrations; ensure duplicate short-codes are not created.

    A URL-shortening business in five easy steps.

    But what does that mean for digital preservation?


    #Code #Coding #cURL #digipres #DigitalArchiving #DigitalPreservation #httpreserve #httpreserveLinkstat #JC #linkstat #Paradata #WebArchives #webArchiving
    #webarchiving #webarchives #paradata #linkstat #jc #httpreservelinkstat
  5. Ross Spencer @[email protected] ·

    Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs

    by @beet_keeper

    Shortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work:

    Create a unique short code for a given (target) URL (like a hash, but far far shorter)

    Pair the hash with your URL in a database.

    Create a redirect rule on the URL shortening server from the new source URL to the target URL.

    Send the shortened link to the caller, e.g. shortURL.com/123badf00d

    In-perpetuity: continue to pay for your domain; maintain the database; look after redirect rules during server migrations; ensure duplicate short-codes are not created.

    A URL-shortening business in five easy steps.

    But what does that mean for digital preservation?


    #Code #Coding #cURL #digipres #DigitalArchiving #DigitalPreservation #httpreserve #httpreserveLinkstat #JC #linkstat #Paradata #WebArchives #webArchiving
    #code #coding #curl #digipres #digitalarchiving #digitalpreservation