Forwrd API

Authentication

Create a key in your account and send it as a bearer token. Keys act as you, so they only see your own links.

Authorization: Bearer forwrd_xxxxxxxxxxxx

Endpoints

POST /api/public/v1/shorten

curl -X POST https://forwrd.us/api/public/v1/shorten \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer forwrd_xxxxxxxxxxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"example.com/a-long-page","slug":"launch","max_clicks":500}'

{
  "slug": "launch",
  "short_url": "https://forwrd.us/launch",
  "url": "https://example.com/a-long-page",
  "reused": false
}

• url - required
• slug - optional, a-z 0-9 and hyphen, 2-32 chars
• expires_at - optional ISO 8601 timestamp
• max_clicks - optional integer

GET /api/public/v1/links

curl https://forwrd.us/api/public/v1/links?limit=50 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer forwrd_xxxxxxxxxxxx"

limit (1-200) and offset query params.

Rate limit

60 requests per minute per key. Above that you get HTTP 429.

Errors

Errors return JSON with an error field: invalid_url, blocked_abuse, slug_taken, unauthorized, rate_limited.

401 unauthorized · 429 rate_limited · 400 invalid_url | invalid_body | slug_invalid | blocked_abuse · 409 slug_taken