Sink API

Sink is a link shortener running on Cloudflare. Manage links via REST API.

Authentication

All endpoints require Bearer token authentication:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SITE_TOKEN

Token = NUXTSITETOKEN environment variable.

Base URL

https://your-sink-domain

API Reference

Create Link

POST /api/link/create
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "url": "https://example.com/long-url",
  "slug": "custom-slug",
  "comment": "optional note",
  "expiration": 1735689599,
  "apple": "https://apps.apple.com/app/id123",
  "google": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example",
  "geo": {
    "US": "https://example.com/us"
  },
  "title": "Example Title",
  "description": "Example social preview description",
  "password": "optional-password",
  "redirectWithQuery": true
}

Required: url Optional: slug (auto-generated if omitted), comment, expiration (unix timestamp), apple (Apple device redirect), google (Android redirect), geo (country-specific routing map), password, unsafe, title, description, image, cloaking, redirectWithQuery

If NUXTSAFEBROWSING_DOH is configured and unsafe is not explicitly set, the server auto-detects via DoH and marks unsafe links automatically.

Response (201):

{
  "link": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "url": "https://example.com/long-url",
    "slug": "custom-slug",
    "createdAt": 1718119809,
    "updatedAt": 1718119809
  },
  "shortLink": "https://your-domain/custom-slug"
}

Errors: 409 (slug exists)

Query Link

GET /api/link/query?slug=custom-slug

Response (200):

{
  "id": "abc123",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "slug": "custom-slug",
  "createdAt": 1718119809,
  "updatedAt": 1718119809
}

Errors: 404 (not found)

Edit Link

PUT /api/link/edit
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "slug": "existing-slug",
  "url": "https://new-url.com",
  "comment": "updated note"
}

Required: slug (identifies which link to edit), url Optional: other fields to update

Response (201): Same as create

Errors: 404 (not found)

Delete Link

POST /api/link/delete
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "slug": "slug-to-delete"
}

Response: 200 (empty body)

List Links

GET /api/link/list?limit=20&cursor=abc123

Parameters:

• limit: max 1024, default 20
• cursor: pagination cursor from previous response

Response:

{
  "keys": [],
  "list_complete": false,
  "cursor": "next-cursor"
}

Export Links

GET /api/link/export

Response:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "exportedAt": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "count": 100,
  "links": [],
  "list_complete": true
}

Import Links

POST /api/link/import
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "links": [
    {"url": "https://example1.com", "slug": "ex1"},
    {"url": "https://example2.com", "slug": "ex2"}
  ]
}

Response: imported links array

AI Slug Generation

GET /api/link/ai?url=https://example.com/article

The server can use the URL and extracted page content to generate a readable slug.

Response:

{
  "slug": "ai-generated-slug"
}

AI OpenGraph Metadata Generation

GET /api/link/og-ai?url=https://example.com/article&locale=en-US

Generates a localized OpenGraph title and description from the URL and extracted page content.

Response:

{
  "title": "Example Article",
  "description": "A concise social preview description."
}

Verify Token

GET /api/verify

Verify if the site token is valid.

Response (200):

{
  "name": "Sink",
  "url": "https://sink.cool"
}

Errors: 401 (invalid token)

Link Fields

Analytics Endpoints

Counters

GET /api/stats/counters

Metrics

GET /api/stats/metrics

Views

GET /api/stats/views

Heatmap

GET /api/stats/heatmap

Export Access Analytics

GET /api/stats/export?startAt=1717200000&endAt=1719791999&slug=custom-slug

Returns text/csv with slug, url, viewer, views, and referer columns.

OpenAPI Docs

• JSON: /_docs/openapi.json
• Scalar UI: /_docs/scalar
• Swagger UI: /_docs/swagger

cURL Examples

Create link:

curl -X POST https://your-domain/api/link/create \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://github.com/example"}'

List links:

curl https://your-domain/api/link/list \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Delete link:

curl -X POST https://your-domain/api/link/delete \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"slug": "my-slug"}'