> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.1px.ch/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# create url

> shorten a url. limited to 600 requests per hour.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /url
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: 1px API
  description: minimalistic tools for the web.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: 1px
    url: https://1px.ch
servers:
  - url: https://api.1px.ch
    description: production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /url:
    post:
      summary: create url
      description: shorten a url. limited to 600 requests per hour.
      operationId: createUrl
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                url:
                  type: string
                  example: https://google.com
              required:
                - url
      responses:
        '200':
          description: url created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    example: abc123
        '400':
          description: missing url
        '401':
          description: missing or invalid api key
        '429':
          description: rate limited
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API key
      description: your 1px api key. get one from /dashboard/api

````