短网址一直都在微博上应用。例如腾讯微博的短网址url.cn，新浪的sinaurl.cn等。 他们是如何实现呢，本文将介绍一下该技术算法！
比如我们在腾讯微博上发布网址的时候，微博会自动判别网址，并将其转换，例如转换为：http://url.cn/3fVZf1
为什么要这样做的，原因有以下几点：
1、腾讯微博限制字数为140字一条，那么如果我们需要发一些连接上去，但是这个连接非常的长，以至于将近要占用我们内容的一半篇幅，这肯定是不能被允许的，所以短网址应运而生了。
2、短网址可以在我们项目里可以很好的对开放级URL进行管理。有一部分网址可以会涵盖seqing，暴力，广告等信息，这样我们可以通过用户的举报，完全管理这个连接将不出现在我们的应用中，应为同样的URL通过加密算法之后，得到的地址是一样的。
3、我们可以对一系列的网址进行流量，点击等统计，挖掘出大多数用户的关注点，这样有利于我们对项目的后续工作更好的作出决策。
其实以上三点纯属个人观点，因为在我接下来的部分项目中会应用到，所以就了解了一下，下面先来看看短网址映射算法的理论（网上找到的资料）
1)将长网址md5生成32位签名串,分为4段, 每段8个字节;
2)对这四段循环处理, 取8个字节, 将他看成16进制串与0x3fffffff(30位1)与操作, 即超过30位的忽略处理;
3)这30位分成6段, 每5位的数字作为字母表的索引取得特定字符, 依次进行获得6位字符串;
4)总的md5串可以获得4个6位串; 取里面的任意一个就可作为这个长url的短url地址;
很简单的理论，我们并不一定说得到的URL是唯一的，但是我们能够取出4组URL，这样几乎不会出现太大的重复。
下面来看看程序部分：
Java代码
public static string[] ShortUrl(string url)
{
//可以自定义生成MD5加密字符传前的混合KEY
string key = "Leejor";
//要使用生成URL的字符
string[] chars = new string[]{
"a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h",
"i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p",
"q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x",
"y","z","0","1","2","3","4","5",
"6","7","8","9","A","B","C","D",
"E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L",
"M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T",
"U","V","W","X","Y","Z"
};
//对传入网址进行MD5加密
string hex = System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile(key + url, "md5");
string[] resUrl = new string[4];
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
//把加密字符按照8位一组16进制与0x3FFFFFFF进行位与运算
int hexint = 0x3FFFFFFF & Convert.ToInt32("0x" + hex.Substring(i * 8, 8), 16);
string outChars = string.Empty;
for (int j = 0; j < 6; j++)
{
//把得到的值与0x0000003D进行位与运算，取得字符数组chars索引
int index = 0x0000003D & hexint;
//把取得的字符相加
outChars += chars[index];
//每次循环按位右移5位
hexint = hexint >> 5;
}
//把字符串存入对应索引的输出数组
resUrl[i] = outChars;
}
return resUrl;
}
public static string[] ShortUrl(string url)
{
//可以自定义生成MD5加密字符传前的混合KEY
string key = "Leejor";
//要使用生成URL的字符
string[] chars = new string[]{
"a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h",
"i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p",
"q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x",
"y","z","0","1","2","3","4","5",
"6","7","8","9","A","B","C","D",
"E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L",
"M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T",
"U","V","W","X","Y","Z"
};
//对传入网址进行MD5加密
string hex = System.Web.Security.FormsAuthentication.HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile(key + url, "md5");
string[] resUrl = new string[4];
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
//把加密字符按照8位一组16进制与0x3FFFFFFF进行位与运算
int hexint = 0x3FFFFFFF & Convert.ToInt32("0x" + hex.Substring(i * 8, 8), 16);
string outChars = string.Empty;
for (int j = 0; j < 6; j++)
{
//把得到的值与0x0000003D进行位与运算，取得字符数组chars索引
int index = 0x0000003D & hexint;
//把取得的字符相加
outChars += chars[index];
//每次循环按位右移5位
hexint = hexint >> 5;
}
//把字符串存入对应索引的输出数组
resUrl[i] = outChars;
}
return resUrl;
}
现在可以直接使用该方法，可以等到下面四组值
ShortUrl(http://www.me3.cn")[0]; //得到值fAVfui
ShortUrl("http://www.me3.cn")[1]; //得到值3ayQry
ShortUrl("http://www.me3.cn")[2]; //得到值UZzyUr
ShortUrl("http://www.me3.cn")[3]; //得到值36rQZn
原文地址：http://haohaoker-163-com.iteye.com/blog/1094692