pyurlextract

pyurlextract is a Python library that extracts all possible links and redirections from any shortened URL. It helps in expanding short links to reveal their full URLs and potential redirections.

Links

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/pyurlextract/

Installation

Install the library using pip:

pip install pyurlextract

Usage

Here's how you can use pyurlextract to extract links from a shortened URL:

from pyurlextract import extract_shorturl

short_url = "link"  # Replace with the actual short URL
full_link, all_links = extract_shorturl(short_url)

if full_link is None:
    print("Failed to expand the URL")
    print("Details:", all_links)
else:
    print("Original URL:", short_url)
    print("Full Link:", full_link)
    print("All Possible Redirections:", all_links)
    print(extract_shorturl(short_url))

Parameters

• short_url (str): The shortened URL that needs to be expanded.

Returns

• full_link (str | None): The fully expanded URL or None if extraction fails.
• all_links (list): A list of all possible redirections found.

Example Output

Original URL: https://bit.ly/example
Full Link: https://example.com/page
All Possible Redirections: ['https://example.com/page', 'https://redirect.example.com']

Features

• Expands shortened URLs from various services.
• Extracts all possible redirections from a given URL.
• Easy-to-use Python interface.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.