Expand Short URLs

This library is designed to expand short URLs. This does not have any external dependencies and is lightweight.

Installation

npm install expand-short-urls

Usage

import { expand } from 'expand-short-url';

const shortURL = 'https://bit.ly/3xYz1a2';

const expandedURL = await expand(shortURL);
console.log(expandedURL);

Options

You can pass options to the expand function to customize its behavior. Also, you can pass any options supported by http.request or https.request module.

1. timeout: The maximum time to wait for the expansion to complete (default: 5000 ms).
2. maxRedirects: The maximum number of redirects to follow (default: 3).

Example

import { expand } from 'expand-short-url';
const shortURL = 'https://bit.ly/3xYz1a2';
const expandedURL = await expand(shortURL, { timeout: 10000, maxRedirects: 5 });
console.log(expandedURL);

Output

'https://example.com/'

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