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URLExpand["url"]

expands a shortened "url".

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URLExpand

URLExpand["url"]

expands a shortened "url".

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Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

URLExpand is Listable; you can mix different services:

Wolfram Language code: URLExpand[{"http://wolfr.am/qvX8z8", "http://goo.gl/paKrtv"}]

URLExpand works with any shortened URL:

Wolfram Language code: URLExpand["http://goo.gl/8mtXNF"]
Wolfram Language code: URLExpand["http://bit.ly/1apj3Zt"]

Scope  (1)

A URL wrapper is stripped from an input:

Wolfram Language code: URLExpand[URL["http://bit.ly/1apj3Zt"]]

Options  (3)

CookieFunction  (1)

Apply a function to each cookie received when an HTTP response is received:

Wolfram Language code: URLExpand["http://bit.ly/1apj3Zt", CookieFunction -> Echo]

TimeConstraint  (1)

Specify the maximum allotted time in seconds to finish downloading data from the server:

Wolfram Language code: URLExpand["http://bit.ly/1apj3Zt", TimeConstraint -> 0.001]

VerifySecurityCertificates  (1)

Verify that the SSL certificate used by the server is valid:

Wolfram Language code: URLExpand["http://wolfr.am/qvX8z8", VerifySecurityCertificates -> True]

Possible Issues  (1)

Only URLs that are returning a status code of 300 or 301 can be expanded:

Wolfram Language code: URLExpand["http://www.wolfram.com"]
Wolfram Language code: URLRead["http://www.wolfram.com", "StatusCode", "FollowRedirects" -> False]
Wolfram Language code: URLExpand["http://wolfr.am/qvX8z8"]
Wolfram Language code: URLRead["http://wolfr.am/qvX8z8", "StatusCode", "FollowRedirects" -> False]
Wolfram Research (2014), URLExpand, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/URLExpand.html (updated 2016).

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), URLExpand, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/URLExpand.html (updated 2016).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "URLExpand." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2016. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/URLExpand.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). URLExpand. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/URLExpand.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_urlexpand, author="Wolfram Research", title="{URLExpand}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/URLExpand.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_urlexpand, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={URLExpand}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/URLExpand.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}