[HN Gopher] Show HN: I made a URL expander because short links a...
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       Show HN: I made a URL expander because short links are too
       mainstream
        
       Author : error404x
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2024-10-08 18:23 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (urlshortenersaresoyesterdaytrythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site)
 (TXT) w3m dump (urlshortenersaresoyesterdaytrythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site)
        
       | piyuv wrote:
       | Love the design!
        
       | manchmalscott wrote:
       | It generated a link too long to send over discord, even with
       | nitro (over 4000 characters). That's hysterical.
        
       | ryukoposting wrote:
       | After "checking my browser" I try to put in the URL I want to
       | shorten, I click the button, and nothing happens. The URL is
       | hardfault.life, for what it's worth.
        
         | sgarland wrote:
         | It seems to need the scheme portion of the URL, not just the
         | authority.
        
         | ks2048 wrote:
         | Yeah, not working for me. The button says "Checking if you're a
         | bot..." and nothing happening. Console shows a warning
         | regarding "The resource at
         | "https://challenges.cloudflare.com/..."
        
       | Syonyk wrote:
       | I am apparently a bot. :(
       | 
       |  _Beep Boop!_
       | 
       | (I've let the page sit for a minute or so, and it hasn't
       | concluded that I am _not_ a bot yet, but also, I 'm aware I look
       | weird - Firefox, with Javascript JIT disabled, with no GPU
       | acceleration)
       | 
       | I don't know what it's using on the backend, but it doesn't seem
       | to pass for me, and doesn't give me the usual option to pick a
       | baby chicken from a baby duck to prove I'm human.
        
         | skibbityboop wrote:
         | Same boat, the attempt at bot detection prevents the page from
         | working at all for me.
        
         | Syonyk wrote:
         | Console logs that look possibly interesting:
         | 
         | WEBGL_debug_renderer_info is deprecated in Firefox and will be
         | removed. Please use RENDERER. v1:1:102781
         | 
         | <empty string> v1:1:102781
         | 
         | Turnstile Widget seem to have crashed: 9icuj api.js:1:17810
         | 
         | Uncaught TurnstileError: [Cloudflare Turnstile] Error: 300030.
         | Ie https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload
         | =onloadTurnstileCallback&render=explicit:1              c https
         | ://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadT
         | urnstileCallback&render=explicit:1              ur https://chal
         | lenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstil
         | eCallback&render=explicit:1              n https://challenges.c
         | loudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallbac
         | k&render=explicit:1              g https://challenges.cloudflar
         | e.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback&render
         | =explicit:1              C https://challenges.cloudflare.com/tu
         | rnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback&render=explici
         | t:1              Ur https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile
         | /v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback&render=explicit:1
         | watchCatInterval https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0
         | /api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback&
         | 
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         | s://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onload
         | TurnstileCallback&
         | 
         | render=explicit:1                   T https://challenges.cloudf
         | lare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback&ren
         | der=explicit:1              je https://urlshortenersaresoyester
         | daytrythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/_index-
         | LhjMq6nz.js:1              je https://urlshortenersaresoyesterd
         | aytrythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/_index-
         | LhjMq6nz.js:1              to https://urlshortenersaresoyesterd
         | aytrythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/components-B2S
         | IiwBB.js:24              sr https://urlshortenersaresoyesterday
         | trythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/components-B2SIi
         | wBB.js:24              Qm https://urlshortenersaresoyesterdaytr
         | ythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/components-B2SIiwB
         | B.js:24              P https://urlshortenersaresoyesterdaytryth
         | isamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/components-B2SIiwBB.j
         | s:9              Y https://urlshortenersaresoyesterdaytrythisam
         | azingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/components-B2SIiwBB.js:9
         | EventHandlerNonNull* https://urlshortenersaresoyesterdaytrythis
         | amazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/components-
         | 
         | B2SIiwBB.js:9                   <anonymous> https://urlshortene
         | rsaresoyesterdaytrythisamazingsuperlongurlexpander.site/assets/
         | components-
         | 
         | B2SIiwBB.js:9
        
       | mewpmewp2 wrote:
       | How are you going to make sure it handles the scale though?
        
       | usmanity wrote:
       | this is great, my succinct little domain that's 6 characters long
       | including TLD was turned into 4000 characters, awesome!
        
       | lionkor wrote:
       | Two change suggestions:
       | 
       | - add a donation button and buy a dedi from it - turn off the bot
       | detection
       | 
       | thank me later ig
        
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