blipbin

temporary file hosting & url shortening

curl -F 'file=@photo.jpg' https://blipbin.com/upload
https://blipbin.com/a3Bx9k

Usage

Upload a file:

# Upload and receive a short URL
curl -F 'file=@document.pdf' https://blipbin.com/upload

# The deletion token is returned in the X-Token header
curl -v -F 'file=@image.png' https://blipbin.com/upload

Shorten a URL:

curl -F 'shorten=https://example.com/very/long/url' https://blipbin.com/shorten

Delete a file (using the token from upload):

curl -X DELETE -H 'X-Token: YOUR_TOKEN' https://blipbin.com/a3Bx9k

How It Works

Files are stored with content-addressable deduplication. Uploading the same file twice returns the same URL without storing a second copy.

Retention scales with file size:

File Size	Retention
0 bytes	60 days
256 MB	~33 days
512 MB (max)	7 days

Shortened URLs are retained for 60 days. Maximum file size is 512 MB.

Rate Limits

Action	Limit
Uploads (per IP)	20 / hour
URL shortening (per IP)	5 / hour
Downloads (per IP)	1000 / hour

Terms of Service

Prohibited Content

Pornography, sexually explicit material, and gore
Spam
Malware, botnet C2, phishing kits
Pirated or copyrighted content
Extremist or terrorist content
Cryptocurrency scams

Uploaded files are scanned automatically. Violations result in immediate removal and may result in your IP being blocked.

Abuse Reporting

To report content for takedown:

curl -X POST https://blipbin.com/abuse/report \
  -F 'file_id=a3Bx9k' \
  -F 'reporter_email=you@example.com' \
  -F 'report_type=dmca' \
  -F 'description=Infringing content'

Valid report types: dmca, pornography, malware, other

Privacy

For each upload, we store:

Your IP address
User-Agent header
File hash (SHA-256)

This information is retained for the lifetime of the file plus 90 days for audit purposes. Download analytics (IP, User-Agent, Referer) are recorded for every file retrieval.

This service is designed to cooperate with law enforcement when presented with valid legal process.