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URL Expander

Expand shortened URLs back to their original long URLs using real URL expansion services

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/url-expander' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"shortUrl":"Enter shortened URL to expand...","service":"auto","followRedirects":false}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/url-expander

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
shortUrl	text	Yes	—
service	select	Yes	—
followRedirects	checkbox	No	—

Response format

Text result

JSON

{
  "result": "Processed text content",
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)",
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  }
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-url-expander": {
      "name": "url-expander",
      "description": "Expand shortened URLs back to their original long URLs using real URL expansion services",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=url-expander",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "url-expander",
    "arguments": {
  "shortUrl": "Enter shortened URL to expand...",
  "service": "auto",
  "followRedirects": false
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/url-expander' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"shortUrl":"Enter shortened URL to expand...","service":"auto","followRedirects":false}'

Name

Type

Required

Description

shortUrl

text

Yes

—

service

select

Yes

—

followRedirects

checkbox

—

{ "mcpServers": { "elysiatools-url-expander": { "name": "url-expander", "description": "Expand shortened URLs back to their original long URLs using real URL expansion services", "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=url-expander", "command": "", "args": [], "env": {}, "isActive": true, "type": "sse" } } }

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "url-expander", "arguments": { "shortUrl": "Enter shortened URL to expand...", "service": "auto", "followRedirects": false } } }