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URL Redirect Tracer & Link Expander (Hop Chain)

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URL Redirect Tracer & Link Expander (Hop Chain)

URL Redirect Tracer & Link Expander (Hop Chain)

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Trace the full redirect chain of any URL and expand shortened links. See every hop, status code and final destination. Detect cloaking and audit affiliate or tracking links. JSON output.

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URL Redirect Tracer Trace the full redirect chain of any URL and expand short links — every hop, status code and the final URL — in one bulk call. No API key. Built for developers who need fast, reliable, bulk results without managing servers or proxies.

Features

  • One structured JSON record per url.
  • Bulk + concurrent — process up to 100 urls per run.
  • No proxy, no browser, no API key — fast and low-cost.
  • Graceful failures: unreachable inputs return ok: false with an error; the run never crashes.

Input

{"urls": ["https://apify.com", "https://bit.ly/example"], "maxItems": 100}

Output

One record per url:

{
  "url": "https://bit.ly/example",
  "ok": true,
  "finalUrl": "https://www.example.com/page",
  "finalStatus": 200,
  "hopCount": 2,
  "redirected": true,
  "hops": [{"url": "https://bit.ly/example", "status": 301}, {"url": "https://example.com/page", "status": 301}]
}

Who it's for

  • Marketers expanding shortened campaign links
  • Security teams unmasking suspicious links
  • Analytics & attribution pipelines
  • Affiliate/link QA

How to use

  1. Add your urls to the urls input field.
  2. Run the Actor and read one structured record per input from the dataset.
  3. Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or call the Actor's API from your backend.

FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. You provide urls; the Actor does the rest. Does it return personal data? No — only public infrastructure/metadata, never personal contact data. What formats can I export? JSON, CSV, and Excel via the dataset, or the Actor API.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: a tiny per-run start fee plus a small per-result charge. You pay only for successful results. See the Pricing tab.

Further reading

  • Keyword: URL redirect tracer link expander.

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