Short Menu API
✓ Official Vendor SpecDeveloper ToolsSource ControlapiKey3 EndpointsREST
For Agents
Programmatically createlink, updatelink. Covers 3 operations with apiKey authentication.
Use for: I need to createlink, I want to updatelink, Search for deletelink, List all records from Short Menu API
Not supported: Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for developer tools only.
Short Menu URL shortening API for creating, updating, and deleting short links. The API exposes 3 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the Short Menu API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Short Menu API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fshortmenu.com%2Fshortmenu" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fshortmenu.com%2Fshortmenu" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with Short Menu API.
createLink
updateLink
deleteLink
Query and filter Short Menu API records by parameters
Monitor Short Menu API operational status and events
Use Cases
Patterns agents use Short Menu API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Developer Tools Operations
Use the Short Menu API to perform developer tools operations programmatically. The API provides 3 endpoints covering core functionality including createlink, updatelink, deletelink.
Call POST /links to createlink
Automated links Management
Automate links operations by combining multiple Short Menu API endpoints. Agents can updatelink and then deletelink in a single workflow.
Call PUT /links/{id} to updatelink, then verify the result
AI Agent Integration via Jentic
AI agents discover and call Short Menu API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.
Search Jentic for 'createlink', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials
Key Endpoints
3 endpoints — short menu url shortening api for creating, updating, and deleting short links.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
POST
/links
createLink
PUT
/links/{id}
updateLink
DELETE
/links/{id}
deleteLink
POST
/links
createLink
PUT
/links/{id}
updateLink
DELETE
/links/{id}
deleteLink
Why Jentic?
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the Short Menu API by hand means sending your API key on every request against api.shortmenu.com and parsing its link responses yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Short Menu API from the API Directory, store the key once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
Short Menu puts the link id in the URL path (/links/{id}), so a rule can pin your agent to one link: it can update that link and nothing else. You choose the operations it may call, so destructive ones like link deletion are not included unless you add them.
Credential isolation
Your Short Menu key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create a short link' or 'update a link', and Jentic returns the matching Short Menu operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Alternative
Github
Alternative developer tools API
Choose Github when you need a different approach to developer tools operations
FAQs
Specific to using Short Menu API through Jentic.
What authentication does the Short Menu API use?
The Short Menu API uses an API key passed in the `X-API-Key` header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.
Can I createlink with the Short Menu API?
Yes. Use the POST /links endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.
What are the rate limits for the Short Menu API?
Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.
How do I createlink through Jentic?
Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'createlink'. Jentic returns the matching Short Menu API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.
How many endpoints does the Short Menu API have?
The Short Menu API exposes 3 endpoints covering links operations.
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