shorter.sh

CLI and SDK for the shorter.sh URL shortener. Zero runtime dependencies, Node >=18.

Installation

npm install shorter.sh

CLI

# First run will prompt for your API key
shorter https://example.com
# ✓ https://shorter.sh/xK9mP2
#   Copied to clipboard!

shorter list
shorter list --page 2 --limit 10

shorter delete xK9mP2
shorter delete xK9mP2 --yes

shorter analytics
shorter analytics xK9mP2
shorter analytics xK9mP2 --dimension country

shorter config set api-key sk_your_key_here
shorter config set base-url https://custom.domain
shorter config get api-key
shorter config path

Options

Flag	Description
--no-copy	Don't copy short URL to clipboard
--yes	Skip delete confirmation prompt
--page N	Page number for list
--limit N	Items per page for list
--start DATE	Analytics start date (ISO or timestamp)
--end DATE	Analytics end date (ISO or timestamp)
--dimension DIM	Analytics breakdown: country, device_type, browser, os, referrer_domain, language
-h, --help	Show help
-v, --version	Show version

Aliases

• shorter ls → shorter list
• shorter rm → shorter delete
• shorter stats → shorter analytics

Environment Variables

• SHORTER_API_KEY — API key (overrides config file)
• SHORTER_BASE_URL — Base URL (overrides config file)
• NO_COLOR — Disable colored output

SDK

import { ShorterClient } from 'shorter.sh';

const client = new ShorterClient({
  apiKey: 'sk_your_key_here', // or set SHORTER_API_KEY env var
});

// Shorten a URL
const { shortCode, shortUrl, originalUrl } = await client.shorten('https://example.com');

// List your URLs
const { urls, pagination, totalClicks } = await client.list({ page: 1, limit: 50 });

// Delete a URL
await client.delete('xK9mP2');

// Analytics overview
const overview = await client.analytics.overview({ start: '2024-01-01', end: '2024-01-31' });

// Per-URL analytics
const stats = await client.analytics.url('xK9mP2', { dimension: 'country' });

// Detailed analytics (all breakdowns)
const detail = await client.analytics.url('xK9mP2', { detail: true });

Error Handling

import { ShorterClient, ValidationError, RateLimitError, NetworkError } from 'shorter.sh';

try {
  await client.shorten('not-a-url');
} catch (err) {
  if (err instanceof ValidationError) {
    console.log(err.message); // "Invalid URL"
    console.log(err.code);    // "INVALID_URL"
    console.log(err.status);  // 400
  }
}

Error classes: ShorterError (base), ValidationError, AuthenticationError, ForbiddenError, NotFoundError, RateLimitError, ServerError, NetworkError.

Custom Fetch

const client = new ShorterClient({
  apiKey: 'sk_...',
  fetch: myCustomFetch,  // inject for testing or custom behavior
});

License

MIT