Plugin for YOURLS: Google Safe Browsing [](https://github.com/YOURLS/awesome-yourls/) [](https://github.com/YOURLS/google-safe-browsing/actions/workflows/tests.yml)

April 24, 2022 ยท View on GitHub

What for

Check every new URL against Google's Safe Browsing Lookup service, reject those who are identified as malware or phishing

How to

  • In /user/plugins, create a new folder named google-safe-browsing
  • Drop these files in that directory
  • Go to the Plugins administration page and activate the plugin
  • Follow on-screen instructions
  • Have fun

Disclaimer

Using this plugin requires you to understand Google Safe Browsing usage. In short:

  • you need a Google account, to create project, create and activate a Google API key - not a 30 second task,
  • you are limited to a certain amount of queries per day,
  • you must understand that the service is not perfect.

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