Developers API

1 > Quick API

Our quick API is the easiest and fastest way to zap your URLs.

No stats/earnings

If you aren't interested in tracking your URL stats and earning then all you need to do is...

1. Copy the link below and paste it into your web browser address bar
2. Change the last part where it says URL to be your long URL and then press ENTER
3. Your zap.in short URL will be now be displayed on the screen

https://zap.in/api/zap/?url=URL

Link to your Mellow Ads account to track stats/earnings

If you wish to track your URL stats and earn bitcoin from your visitors via Mellow Ads then...

1. Sign in or register with Mellow Ads
2. Get your API key from your Mellow Ads account
3. Copy the link below and paste it into your web browser address bar
4. Change the part where it says APIKEY to be your API key from step (2) above
5. Change the part where it says URL to be your long URL and then press ENTER
6. Your zap.in short URL will be now be displayed on the screen, and this has been linked up to your Mellow Ads account

https://zap.in/api/zap/?apiKey=APIKEY&url=URL

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2 > Mellow Ads API

In addition to the Quick API above, there is also a powerful, developers API available via Mellow Ads. This API offers a number of extra options when you zap your URLs that are not available in our Quick API.

Read more about this in the Mellow Ads API documentation