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when we run into a shortened/shrunk URL that we dont want to visit but want to know where it points anyway, this application returns the original URL to the user, either by requesting the short URL to get the redir URL in the response or by querying the API of shortening services for the original URL. I doubt any of tiyURL bit.ly is.gd etc offer any such reverse lookups, but it wouldn't be needed anyway - but would save the service sending requests to many places instead of a closed list.
Naturally the best seat (deployment model) for this app is as a plugin for web mail im news and sms clients that shuttles url's with the app's server, and then switches URLs in the content or elsewhere.
input modalities should be preset and selectable, eg, URL substitution directly inside content or text input box for URls to unshorten (which is then replaced by a text/link label).
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