+22Is it possible with FME Server to create a shortest direct URL? (like in Google Maps, when we share a map, we have this option)
I've pasted my URL in Notepad and it seems that I have 500 characters.
This is not a beauty into an email and it is not so nice to copy paste for anyone.
And for a newbie, all the information into the URL isn't very useful.
Thanks.
Best answer by david_r
What Google Maps is doing is basically creating a short alias for the long URL, it's not a "direct URL" as such.
What you're seeing is a URL shortener, there are several to choose from, here's an overview of some: https://www.lifewire.com/shortening-long-links-3486603
I'm sure there are some that gives you a simple API for creating the short URLs, which you could access e.g. with a HTTPCaller.
Personally I avoid using URL shorteners because I don't like clicking on a link I'm not sure where it's taking me. There might also be some anti-spam mail filters that will take an extra close look at mails containing the most common URL shorteners, so there's that to consider as well.
My recommendation would be to send the email with HTML encoding (rather than plain text), that way you can format URL as you want.
What Google Maps is doing is basically creating a short alias for the long URL, it's not a "direct URL" as such.
What you're seeing is a URL shortener, there are several to choose from, here's an overview of some: https://www.lifewire.com/shortening-long-links-3486603
I'm sure there are some that gives you a simple API for creating the short URLs, which you could access e.g. with a HTTPCaller.
Personally I avoid using URL shorteners because I don't like clicking on a link I'm not sure where it's taking me. There might also be some anti-spam mail filters that will take an extra close look at mails containing the most common URL shorteners, so there's that to consider as well.
My recommendation would be to send the email with HTML encoding (rather than plain text), that way you can format URL as you want.
