Feature Request: Shortened URL

[henkvantijen]

I'd like to see an option to have a shorter URL, basically a hash of the nevent1, similar to PasteBin. So in paralel to the https://njump.me/nevent1qqs... scheme maybe something like https://njump.me/s/YA9FX4 This option would also enable to direct someone to the note or stuff by phone, for example.

Love njump, helps easing the path to Nostr, keep up the good work!

[fiatjaf]

You mean people say these characters with their voice over a phone? Have you ever done that?

[cxplay]

I don't think it's good for njump to integrate link shortening, it's important to keep the URL paths common, and if any njump goes down, we can easily get information about the event via the URL path. Short links are good for humans to read and dictate, but they can lead to Link Rot that can't be remedied later.

[alltheseas]

Here is a njump nevent link rendering from telegram:

The first 40% real estate is gibberish. I support at the least an option to for gibberish reduction.

cc @dtonon

[alltheseas]

Here's an implementation by nostr dev @jinglescode https://github.com/jinglescode/nostr-url-shortener

[jinglescode]

just add a GET request

GET https://w3.do/get?url=<url>

For example: https://w3.do/get?url=https://github.com/jinglescode/nostr-url-shortener

[henkvantijen]

Here is a njump nevent link rendering from telegram:

The first 40% real estate is gibberish. I support at the least an option to for gibberish reduction.

cc @dtonon

So the Instant View if Telegram is not enabled?
That means the 'Open Graph' tags are missing.
Will make an Issue for that.

[fiatjaf]

I agree with @cxplay.

[dtonon]

The first 40% real estate is gibberish.

This gibberish is necessary to avoid making event retrieval too complex or fragile. If someone really needs a short url, they can use a layer 2 such as w3.do, also based on Nostr.

I agree with @cxplay

I also agree