Shorten URL via Mikrotik, possible?

RouterOS General
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I wonder if its posibble to shroten URL somehow from mine mikrotik router for one TV in network.I tried using online URL shortners but they are not realible or have link expiration or max opening.And its too complicated for me to enter this long URL who sometimes changes into TV.

For xample link looks like “http://blablabla.myftp.org:8079/get.php?username=something&password=something&type=m3u_plus&output=ts”

Can i fake it in router OS to something like http://mytv.com so it redirects it to above full link?

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Well, URL-shortening is not really a feature a router needs :slight_smile:

But you could try it with DNS & Web-Proxy.

First, add a DNS-record of your flavor for your URL - like ‘short.lcl’ and let it point to your router.
Then, enable web proxy and create an access entry for that url. As action select “deny” and let it redirect to your long URL.
Now all you have to type or bookmark in your browser would be http://short.lcl:8080

And the rest should work automatically.
-Chris