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Create shortlinks that expire after N minutes.

Non-persistent helper that returns a slug + expiry timestamp for easy demos and templating. Drop this helper wherever you want to create shortlinks that expire after N minutes with a single HTTP call. Send the documented inputs and the API streams back polished results you can hand directly to your users.

GETPOST/links/expiring-links

Where this helper shines

Create shortlinks that expire after N minutes. keeps links helpers on autopilot. Use it whenever you need to create shortlinks that expire after N minutes without pausing a sprint or asking design/dev to jump in.

  • Trigger this helper whenever you need to create shortlinks that expire after N minutes without waiting on a full deploy.
  • Drop it into automations (Zapier, Make, workers) to create shortlinks that expire after N minutes as part of your workflow.
  • Share the GET URL so support and success can create shortlinks that expire after N minutes safely using their Dataczar API key.

Copy & ship snippets

GET

Instant link

GET https://api.dataczar.app/links/expiring-links?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsample.png&expires_in_minutes=60&domain=https%3A%2F%2Fdzr.io&dryrun=true&ak=demo

Open directly in any browser, webhook, or low-code workflow.

curl

curl GET

curl "https://api.dataczar.app/links/expiring-links?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsample.png&expires_in_minutes=60&domain=https%3A%2F%2Fdzr.io&dryrun=true&ak=demo"

Swap ak=demo with your Dataczar API key.

curl

curl POST

curl -X POST "https://api.dataczar.app/links/expiring-links?ak=demo" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "url": "https://example.com/sample.png",
  "expires_in_minutes": 20,
  "domain": "sample_domain",
  "dryrun": true
}'

Send JSON payloads from back-end jobs, queues, or workers.

Parameters

Query Parameters

NameTypeDescription
urlstring · required
expires_in_minutesinteger
domainstring
dryrunboolean

All helper calls accept your Dataczar key via the ak query parameter. Need one? Create or copy a key on Dataczar Connect and drop it into each request.

Responses

Status 200

Shortlink with expiry metadata

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "slug": "abc123",
    "short_url": "https://dzr.io/abc123",
    "target_url": "https://example.com",
    "expires_at": "2024-05-01T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "dryrun": false
  }
}

Examples

Request

"GET /links/expiring-links?url=https://example.com/download.zip&expires_in_minutes=10&dryrun=1"

Response

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "slug": "exp910",
    "short_url": "https://dzr.io/exp910",
    "target_url": "https://example.com/download.zip",
    "expires_at": "2024-06-01T12:10:00Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "dryrun": true
  }
}

Grab your Dataczar API key

Every helper runs with the same simple API key. Sign in (or create a free Dataczar account) at Dataczar Connect to issue keys in seconds, then drop the key into any `ak=` parameter and start shipping.

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