摘要 |
The disclosure is directed to obtaining metadata related to a target of a short uniform resource locator (URL). An embodiment transmits (520; 720) the short URL to a server (415; 515), receives (530; 730) a response from the server, wherein the response includes a pointer to an actual URL, requests (540; 740) metadata related to the actual URL from the server, and receives (550; 750) the metadata for the actual URL from the server. An embodiment is directed to confirming a target of a short uniform resource locator (URL). The embodiment receives (810) the short URL, obtains (820) metadata related to an actual URL based on the short URL, extracts (830) a host website from the metadata, determines (840) whether the actual URL points to the host website, and sends (850) a notification of a result of the determining. |