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Shortest URL Possible???


  • Subject: Shortest URL Possible???
  • From: Goodbye Bill <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 04:15:29 -0400

What is the shortest possible URL I can use with WebObjects to give my user
a confirmation link?  I realize I can use a DirectAction, but I would like
to have a shorter/simpler URL.

As it stands, this is what I have in my WebObjects application:

     http://www.myapp.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyApp.woa/wa/Confirm?id=ABCDEF

This is just WAY too long!  How can I get it shorter?  As you can see from
the example below I am willing to code some work-arounds if I have to.

EXAMPLE:
In a previous .NET application, when a user signed up, I sent him the
following type of URL to confirm his email address...

     Primary URL Example:
     http://www.myapp.com/ABCDEF

     These would have also worked:
     http://www.myapp.com/confirm.aspx?ABCDEF
     http://www.myapp.com/confirm.aspx?id=ABCDEF

HOW IT WORKED:
The first example used a custom 404 error page and stripped apart the entire
URL in the user's browser.  If it appeared to be a confirmation code, the
code would be passed to the logic in the "confirm.aspx" page.  That page
would then parse the query string and perform based on the query string.

Thanks!  =S
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