Csv To Internet Shortcuts API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/csv-to-internet-shortcuts/execute

Turn a CSV of names and addresses into Windows Internet Shortcut (.url) files, one per row. Returns each file as { name, url, content }, where content is the .url text ([InternetShortcut] then URL=, CRLF line endings), so a caller can write them to disk or zip them. The url column is found by its header (url, link, href, address, website) and the name column by name, title or label; url_column and name_column override the match. A CSV with no header row is read when a cell of its first row is an address. A bare domain gains https://. A row with no address, an address that is not one, or (with web_only, the default) a non-http(s) address such as file: is skipped with its row number and reason, and the other rows still convert. A row with no name is named after its host. Names are made safe for Windows and macOS (\ / : * ? " < > | removed, reserved names such as CON suffixed), and a repeated name gets " (2)". Addresses are written as given and never opened. Does not create .lnk files.

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Request body

application/json

input

string required

CSV text, normally with a header row.
delimiter

string optional

Field separator. Default: detected from the first line (comma, semicolon, tab or pipe).
url_column

string optional

Header of the column holding the addresses, when the automatic match is wrong.
name_column

string optional

Header of the column holding the shortcut names, when the automatic match is wrong.
web_only

boolean optional

Skip addresses that are not http or https (file:, ftp:, mailto: and the like). Default true. Default true.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "input": "name,url\nTeam Wiki,https://wiki.example.com/team\nExpense Reports,https://expenses.example.com/reports\n"
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/csv-to-internet-shortcuts/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "input": "name,url\nTeam Wiki,https://wiki.example.com/team\nExpense Reports,https://expenses.example.com/reports\n"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/csv-to-internet-shortcuts/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"input":"name,url\nTeam Wiki,https://wiki.example.com/team\nExpense Reports,https://expenses.example.com/reports\n"}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/csv-to-internet-shortcuts/execute",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={"input":"name,url\nTeam Wiki,https://wiki.example.com/team\nExpense Reports,https://expenses.example.com/reports\n"},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/csv-to-internet-shortcuts/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json', 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"input":"name,url\nTeam Wiki,https://wiki.example.com/team\nExpense Reports,https://expenses.example.com/reports\n"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

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Call csv_to_internet_shortcuts from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

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REST id: csv-to-internet-shortcuts
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Category: Data
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