Currently, this application for Nextcloud does not work. However, it does work if you are using YOURLS and you HARDCODE the host and api in the admin.php file.

Shorten is an add-on app for Nextcloud that enables one-click URL shortening. Its features include:

• Automatic replacement of the public share URL with the shortened URL
• No need to create a separate "Shorten" URL
• Internal shortener or goo.gl support
• Ability to completely hide the Nextcloud server with the internal shortener by proxying shortened requests through another server
  • Note: While normal shares will never expose the Nextcloud URL, password protected files will as the password display screen must be supplied to the user.

• Place this app in nextcloud/apps/shorten (Rename the extracted ZIP to "shorten" or you will receive errors)
• Re-login to nextcloud and run the update

To use http:https://goo.gl, all you need to do is acquire an API key to use in the admin settings. You can acquire a key using these instructions from Google: https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting_started#APIKey NOTE: Google is discontinuing the goo.gl service. Read more here: https://developers.googleblog.com/2018/03/transitioning-google-url-shortener.html

Next, you must setup your shortening server. This can be the same webserver you are running Nextcloud on, or a completely different server to enable a privacy filter for your nextcloud installation. For the purpose of this guide, we will assume your setup is:

• Your nextcloud server is at https://mylongdomain.ext:port/nextcloud
• Your other, "shortening" server, is at https://mydomain.ext
• You want your short URLs to be https://mydomain.ext/s?SHORTCODE

To accomplish this, you should copy the REMOTE-HOST/index.php to the remote host, however you wish. In this example we use scp:

mylongdomain ~# scp /var/www/nextcloud/apps/shorten/REMOTE-HOST/index.php [email protected]:/var/www/s/index.php

Next, on the shortening server, edit the file to include your Nextcloud server URL and set enabled to true:

mydomain ~# vi /var/www/s/index.php

<?php

#
# Enter your nextcloud URL below with no trailing slash
# Ex. "https://mydomain.ext/nextcloud"
#
$nextcloud_url = "https://mylongdomain.ext:port/nextcloud";

#
# Set enabled to true when you are ready to use the application
#
$enabled = true;
#$enabled = false;

Lastly, visit the administration page for Nextcloud and in the Shorten configuration include your shortening server's URL, which is everything before ?SHORTCODE if you are using the internal shortener. In this case:

https://mydomain.ext/s

If you're using http:https://goo.gl, you would need to include your API key in the provided settings box.

At this point, when you check the box to share a file publically, the app will replace the public share link displayed in the Nextcloud web interface.