Shorten URL from Web App Made Through Portal

[hherrmann_coj]

Is there a way to have a shorter url to a web application built through Portal?  The ones we are ending up with are ridiculously long.  We can use the QR code option for users using the apps on mobile devices but when it comes to emailing them the link in an email, it's not very pretty sending such a long link.

[jcarlson]

You can use the arcg.is URL shortener that the Map Viewer Classic uses:

https://arcg.is/prod/shorten?longUrl=https://kendall.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=...

[Scott_Tansley]

Thinking wider than Esri itself,

https://bitly.com

[berniejconnors]

There are all kinds of url shortening services. Take your pick.

[hherrmann_coj]

Yeah but a lot of people in my municipal organization are pretty cautious about clicking links that they can't recognize.  Was hoping there was a way to make a custom one that looked like it is actually coming from us.  I guess I should have been clearer in my question.  🙂

[jcarlson]

In my opinion, that's one of the under-sold benefits of using the developer editions of WAB and EB: you can host the resulting app anywhere you like. That gives you the ability to give out links like: https://maps.co.kendall.il.us/mapviewer and the like.

[ClaytonSedberry]

The work-around I'm using is creating a redirect url for each public facing application.  Create a shorter easier to read/remember/write/share url that points to a html redirect that will navigate the user to where they need to go.  The app url doesn't change.

[ArmstKP]

@hherrmann_coj @jcarlson I am starting to look into link shortening because I want to sent text messages to employees whom have gotten something assigned to them, and the URL for the link to Field Maps has to be over 200 characters, which is too much for some text message and email services.  Is there a way to automatically calculate in a shortened url field from another field that has the full url?