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find the URL MainLink from the URL ShortLink

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r2du-soft#

find the URL MainLink from the URL ShortLink

we know we can make url short link from https://goo.gl/

now i have a ShortLink: https://goo.gl/WYuyuU
how can find make url this short link from nsis?
find https://www.armindesign.com/en From https://goo.gl/WYuyuU
Anders#
There is no standard for this but most sites probably use a server redirect. You can try a HEAD request with INetC and look for a Location header if it is a 30x response. Other short link implementations might use a META HTML tag or javascript and then you would have to parse the page...

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CheckShortURL is a tool that lets you preview and verify shortened links. Use it to see the original URL and a screenshot before you visit the destination.