Articles Tagged "developer tools"
Explore our collection of guides, tutorials, and expert resources tagged "developer tools", covering URL shortening, analytics, QR codes, and developer tools.
REST API
How to Choose a URL Shortener API for Your App
A guide to choosing a URL shortener API: six criteria, each of which can be checked before you integrate. Limits, pricing and capabilities compared against Bitly's plans, authentication methods in light of RFC 9700, a method for measuring latency yourself, and Lix.li's published limits including custom ones on request.
#Url shortener
#Rest api
#Short links
#Developer tools
#Web-analytics
#Smart link
Guides
How to Prepare a List of Links for Bulk Shortening
A practical guide to preparing a list of links for bulk shortening: what file the uploader accepts, how to give different links different UTM parameters, how many rows go in one upload, and how to read the report when some rows don't get created.
#Url shortener
#Seo
#Short links
#Developer tools
#Digital marketing
REST API
API Key vs OAuth: Choosing One, and What It Costs You
A comparison of two ways to authenticate an API: what a key gives you, what OAuth gives you, and the single question that decides between them. Plus which OAuth flows RFC 9700 deprecated, and why revoking an API key usually takes effect with a delay.
#Url shortener
#Rest api
#Developer tools
#Digital marketing
Guides
What Are Webhooks: How They Work and How to Get Notified of Link Clicks
This article explains what webhooks are and how they differ from traditional API polling. Using the webhook feature in Lix.li as an example, it covers how to set up click notifications for short links, how the data format works, how to verify request authenticity via signatures, and what requirements a receiving server must meet. Includes code examples in PHP, Node.js, and Python.
#Rest api
#Analytics
#Developer tools
#Web-analytics
#Webhook
Guides
How to Create a QR Code in Lix.li
A tutorial on creating QR codes in Lix.li. Explains how a Lix.li QR code differs from a plain image generator, how scan tracking works, the available design options, and plan-based limits. Walks step by step through creating, editing, and deleting a QR code in the dashboard, as well as using the public generator without an account.
#Marketing
#Qr codes
#Developer tools
#Digital marketing
Guides
How to Use A/B Testing in the Lix.li Link Shortening Service
This article introduces a new Lix.li feature: A/B testing for short links. It explains why A/B testing matters, what advantages it offers compared to creating multiple separate links, and how users can set up, run, and finish a test through the dashboard: adding variants, distributing traffic, tracking statistics, and choosing a winner. Working with the API is covered in a separate article.
#Seo
#Analytics
#Developer tools
#Digital marketing
#Web-analytics
#Technologies
#A/B
REST API
How to Create a Short Link with the PHP SDK
Learn how to create short links in PHP using the official Lix.li PHP SDK. This guide covers Composer installation, creating your first short URL, working with custom aliases, UTM parameters, tags, and other advanced options to integrate URL shortening into your PHP applications.
#Url shortener
#Sdk
#Rest api
#Developer tools
#Php
Guides
Lix.li — A Modern URL Shortener with Analytics, QR Codes, and REST API
Lix.li is a modern cloud-based URL shortening and link management platform designed for developers, marketers, and businesses. It combines short links, QR codes, advanced analytics, REST API, OpenAPI documentation, official SDKs, custom domains, and automation tools in a single platform.
#Url shortener
#Rest api
#Link management
#Saas
#Marketing
#Analytics
#Qr codes
#Developer tools