furl.io in five minutes

What you get#

• Short links such as furl.io/aB9xK2q, or your own alias like furl.io/launch with a custom code from your plan.
• Analytics: clicks and unique visitors over time, plus breakdowns by country, city, referrer, device, OS and browser.
• A live view of the last 60 minutes and the latest 25 clicks. New clicks show up within a second or two.
• GA4 forwarding and signed webhooks per link, so clicks land in your own tools too (Pro and higher).
• A JSON API with API keys for automation.

Quickstart: from sign-up to first click#

1. Create an account

   Go to Create account, enter your email and a password of 8–72 characters, and accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enter the 6-digit code we email you to verify your address; sessions last 7 days.

2. Create a link

   In the dashboard, open Links and press Create link. Paste the destination URL and press Create link. Every other field is optional; hover or tap the i next to a field to see what it does, or read Creating a link.

3. Share it

   Copy the short URL with the copy button and put it wherever people will click it: a post, an email, a QR code. Keep the default 302 redirect type so every click is counted.

4. Watch the clicks arrive

   Open the link to see its analytics. The Live panel refreshes every 5 seconds and lists each click with its location, referrer and device. The charts and breakdowns cover the last 24 hours to 90 days.

API quickstart#

Everything in the dashboard is available over the API at https://furl.io/api/v1. For scripts, create an API key once, then send it as a bearer token. You can also create keys in the dashboard under Settings → API keys.

# 1. Log in and keep the token (valid for 7 days)
TOKEN=$(curl -s https://furl.io/api/v1/auth/login \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"email":"[email protected]","password":"your-password"}' | jq -r .token)

# 2. Create an API key for scripts (the full key is shown only once)
curl -s https://furl.io/api/v1/api-keys \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"name":"my-script"}'

export FURL_API_KEY=furl_...   # from the step above

curl -s https://furl.io/api/v1/links \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FURL_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"original_url":"https://example.com/spring-sale"}'

{
  "id": 42,
  "short_code": "aB9xK2q",
  "short_url": "https://furl.io/aB9xK2q",
  "original_url": "https://example.com/spring-sale",
  "is_custom": false,
  "status": "active",
  "http_status_code": 302,
  "google_analytics_id": null,
  "has_ga_secret": false,
  "webhook_url": null,
  "webhook_secret": null,
  "expires_at": null,
  "max_clicks": null,
  "clicks_used": 0,
  "created_at": "2026-10-05T12:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-05T12:00:00Z"
}

curl -s "https://furl.io/api/v1/links/aB9xK2q/stats?interval=day" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FURL_API_KEY"

curl -s "https://furl.io/api/v1/links/aB9xK2q/stats/breakdown?dimension=country" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FURL_API_KEY"