Can query string parameters be passed through short links?
URL query strings can be passed through short links.
Pass Parameters With Slash
Example Long URL: http://longexample.com/path?page=1
Example Short URL: http://myshortdomain.com/x
http://myshortdomain.com/x/file.html?user=32
redirects to:
http://longexample.com/path/file.html?page=1&user=32
See also YouTube tutorial on Query String Parameters.
Pass Parameters Without Slash
• Add a tilde symbol (~) at the end of the original, long URL.
• Tilde will indicate that parameter have to be spliced without a slash.
Example Long URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3A~
Example Short URL: http://short.2.vu/6f
http://short.2.vu/6f/Arts
redirects to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3AArts
http://short.2.vu/6f/Biography
redirects to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal%3ABiography
See also:
- YouTube tutorial on URL Concatenation
- Pass parameters with subdirectory forwarding
- You can also pass Parameters with Smart Link regular expressions path matching.