Long URLs from short ones using C#
I've been using the LongURL.org API for expanding short URLs. The great thing about this service is that it returns a long URL, the title of the actual page and meta-info.
The real problem I have is that it seems to take an inordinate amount of time to fetch the data. I'm considering shifting the request to JavaScript so that the URL is fetched via an AJAX update panel, in order that the page loads quickly, and the URL data is updated while the user looks at the content (some search results).
Does anyone know how else I could gather the info described above, in a better time-frame? I'm using C# ASP.NET but would consider solutions in other languages. Any guidance in this area is much appreciated.
c# asp.net api url expander
asked Jul 4 '10 at 15:00
AlexAlex
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I've been using the LongURL.org API for expanding short URLs. The great thing about this service is that it returns a long URL, the title of the actual page and meta-info.
The real problem I have is that it seems to take an inordinate amount of time to fetch the data. I'm considering shifting the request to JavaScript so that the URL is fetched via an AJAX update panel, in order that the page loads quickly, and the URL data is updated while the user looks at the content (some search results).
Does anyone know how else I could gather the info described above, in a better time-frame? I'm using C# ASP.NET but would consider solutions in other languages. Any guidance in this area is much appreciated.
c# asp.net api url expander
asked Jul 4 '10 at 15:00
AlexAlex
2,83243753
Does anyone know why these look-up services might be so slow??
– Alex
Jul 4 '10 at 17:51
1
probably because they are overworked and underfunded.
– matt-dot-net
Jul 4 '10 at 18:35
add a comment |
I've been using the LongURL.org API for expanding short URLs. The great thing about this service is that it returns a long URL, the title of the actual page and meta-info.
The real problem I have is that it seems to take an inordinate amount of time to fetch the data. I'm considering shifting the request to JavaScript so that the URL is fetched via an AJAX update panel, in order that the page loads quickly, and the URL data is updated while the user looks at the content (some search results).
Does anyone know how else I could gather the info described above, in a better time-frame? I'm using C# ASP.NET but would consider solutions in other languages. Any guidance in this area is much appreciated.
c# asp.net api url expander
asked Jul 4 '10 at 15:00
AlexAlex
2,83243753
I've been using the LongURL.org API for expanding short URLs. The great thing about this service is that it returns a long URL, the title of the actual page and meta-info.
The real problem I have is that it seems to take an inordinate amount of time to fetch the data. I'm considering shifting the request to JavaScript so that the URL is fetched via an AJAX update panel, in order that the page loads quickly, and the URL data is updated while the user looks at the content (some search results).
Does anyone know how else I could gather the info described above, in a better time-frame? I'm using C# ASP.NET but would consider solutions in other languages. Any guidance in this area is much appreciated.
c# asp.net api url expander
c# asp.net api url expander
asked Jul 4 '10 at 15:00
AlexAlex
2,83243753
asked Jul 4 '10 at 15:00
AlexAlex
2,83243753
asked Jul 4 '10 at 15:00
AlexAlex
2,83243753
asked Jul 4 '10 at 15:00
AlexAlex
2,83243753
asked Jul 4 '10 at 15:00
AlexAlex
2,83243753
2,83243753
Does anyone know why these look-up services might be so slow??
– Alex
Jul 4 '10 at 17:51
1
probably because they are overworked and underfunded.
– matt-dot-net
Jul 4 '10 at 18:35
add a comment |
Does anyone know why these look-up services might be so slow??
– Alex
Jul 4 '10 at 17:51
1
probably because they are overworked and underfunded.
– matt-dot-net
Jul 4 '10 at 18:35
Does anyone know why these look-up services might be so slow??
– Alex
Jul 4 '10 at 17:51
Does anyone know why these look-up services might be so slow??
– Alex
Jul 4 '10 at 17:51
1
1
probably because they are overworked and underfunded.
– matt-dot-net
Jul 4 '10 at 18:35
probably because they are overworked and underfunded.
– matt-dot-net
Jul 4 '10 at 18:35
add a comment |
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Here's one I've used in a project before ...
private string UrlLengthen(string url)
{
string newurl = url;
bool redirecting = true;
while (redirecting)
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(newurl);
request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
request.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 4.0.20506)";
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
if ((int)response.StatusCode == 301 || (int)response.StatusCode == 302)
{
string uriString = response.Headers["Location"];
Log.Debug("Redirecting " + newurl + " to " + uriString + " because " + response.StatusCode);
newurl = uriString;
// and keep going
}
else
{
Log.Debug("Not redirecting " + url + " because " + response.StatusCode);
redirecting = false;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.Data.Add("url", newurl);
Exceptions.ExceptionRecord.ReportWarning(ex); // change this to your own
redirecting = false;
}
}
return newurl;
}
answered Jul 5 '10 at 1:33
Ian MercerIan Mercer
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That's really useful, cheers... I might do this, and then look into extracting HTML Doc titles from the given domain name
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 12:47
I mean address...
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 21:18
1
Use the Html Agility Pack for that step
– Ian Mercer
Jul 5 '10 at 22:05
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Here's one I've used in a project before ...
private string UrlLengthen(string url)
{
string newurl = url;
bool redirecting = true;
while (redirecting)
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(newurl);
request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
request.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 4.0.20506)";
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
if ((int)response.StatusCode == 301 || (int)response.StatusCode == 302)
{
string uriString = response.Headers["Location"];
Log.Debug("Redirecting " + newurl + " to " + uriString + " because " + response.StatusCode);
newurl = uriString;
// and keep going
}
else
{
Log.Debug("Not redirecting " + url + " because " + response.StatusCode);
redirecting = false;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.Data.Add("url", newurl);
Exceptions.ExceptionRecord.ReportWarning(ex); // change this to your own
redirecting = false;
}
}
return newurl;
}
answered Jul 5 '10 at 1:33
Ian MercerIan Mercer
30.4k570104
That's really useful, cheers... I might do this, and then look into extracting HTML Doc titles from the given domain name
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 12:47
I mean address...
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 21:18
1
Use the Html Agility Pack for that step
– Ian Mercer
Jul 5 '10 at 22:05
add a comment |
Here's one I've used in a project before ...
private string UrlLengthen(string url)
{
string newurl = url;
bool redirecting = true;
while (redirecting)
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(newurl);
request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
request.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 4.0.20506)";
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
if ((int)response.StatusCode == 301 || (int)response.StatusCode == 302)
{
string uriString = response.Headers["Location"];
Log.Debug("Redirecting " + newurl + " to " + uriString + " because " + response.StatusCode);
newurl = uriString;
// and keep going
}
else
{
Log.Debug("Not redirecting " + url + " because " + response.StatusCode);
redirecting = false;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.Data.Add("url", newurl);
Exceptions.ExceptionRecord.ReportWarning(ex); // change this to your own
redirecting = false;
}
}
return newurl;
}
answered Jul 5 '10 at 1:33
Ian MercerIan Mercer
30.4k570104
That's really useful, cheers... I might do this, and then look into extracting HTML Doc titles from the given domain name
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 12:47
I mean address...
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 21:18
1
Use the Html Agility Pack for that step
– Ian Mercer
Jul 5 '10 at 22:05
add a comment |
Here's one I've used in a project before ...
private string UrlLengthen(string url)
{
string newurl = url;
bool redirecting = true;
while (redirecting)
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(newurl);
request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
request.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 4.0.20506)";
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
if ((int)response.StatusCode == 301 || (int)response.StatusCode == 302)
{
string uriString = response.Headers["Location"];
Log.Debug("Redirecting " + newurl + " to " + uriString + " because " + response.StatusCode);
newurl = uriString;
// and keep going
}
else
{
Log.Debug("Not redirecting " + url + " because " + response.StatusCode);
redirecting = false;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.Data.Add("url", newurl);
Exceptions.ExceptionRecord.ReportWarning(ex); // change this to your own
redirecting = false;
}
}
return newurl;
}
answered Jul 5 '10 at 1:33
Ian MercerIan Mercer
30.4k570104
Here's one I've used in a project before ...
private string UrlLengthen(string url)
{
string newurl = url;
bool redirecting = true;
while (redirecting)
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(newurl);
request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
request.UserAgent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 4.0.20506)";
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
if ((int)response.StatusCode == 301 || (int)response.StatusCode == 302)
{
string uriString = response.Headers["Location"];
Log.Debug("Redirecting " + newurl + " to " + uriString + " because " + response.StatusCode);
newurl = uriString;
// and keep going
}
else
{
Log.Debug("Not redirecting " + url + " because " + response.StatusCode);
redirecting = false;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ex.Data.Add("url", newurl);
Exceptions.ExceptionRecord.ReportWarning(ex); // change this to your own
redirecting = false;
}
}
return newurl;
}
answered Jul 5 '10 at 1:33
Ian MercerIan Mercer
30.4k570104
answered Jul 5 '10 at 1:33
Ian MercerIan Mercer
30.4k570104
answered Jul 5 '10 at 1:33
Ian MercerIan Mercer
30.4k570104
answered Jul 5 '10 at 1:33
Ian MercerIan Mercer
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30.4k570104
That's really useful, cheers... I might do this, and then look into extracting HTML Doc titles from the given domain name
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 12:47
I mean address...
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 21:18
1
Use the Html Agility Pack for that step
– Ian Mercer
Jul 5 '10 at 22:05
add a comment |
That's really useful, cheers... I might do this, and then look into extracting HTML Doc titles from the given domain name
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 12:47
I mean address...
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 21:18
1
Use the Html Agility Pack for that step
– Ian Mercer
Jul 5 '10 at 22:05
That's really useful, cheers... I might do this, and then look into extracting HTML Doc titles from the given domain name
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 12:47
That's really useful, cheers... I might do this, and then look into extracting HTML Doc titles from the given domain name
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 12:47
I mean address...
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 21:18
I mean address...
– Alex
Jul 5 '10 at 21:18
1
1
Use the Html Agility Pack for that step
– Ian Mercer
Jul 5 '10 at 22:05
Use the Html Agility Pack for that step
– Ian Mercer
Jul 5 '10 at 22:05
add a comment |
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Does anyone know why these look-up services might be so slow??
– Alex
Jul 4 '10 at 17:51
1
probably because they are overworked and underfunded.
– matt-dot-net
Jul 4 '10 at 18:35