How to use qoiob with Tweetdeck?
Tweetdeck is a popular client for Twitter, which automatically shortens URLs while you are typing tweets. To have it use qoiob for your own shortcuts, simply follow these very easy setup steps.
1. Create your qoiob account.
You must have a qoiob account to get your own personal API key. To create an account, all you need to do is to create your first shortcut on www.qoiob.com and the validation email sent to your address will allow you to access your account page to find your API key (read more about it here).
If you already have an qoiob account, then you already have an API key. Simply login and visit your account page to find it.
2. Set up Tweetdeck
Open the Settings menu in Tweetdeck by clicking the “settings” button, in the top-right corner of the screen.
There you will find a “Services” menu on the left-hand side. Click on it.
Then, select “Other” in the drop-down menu of URLs shorteners.
In the input field “Other URL Shortening Endpoint”, enter the following string, after you replaced “xxx” by your qoiob login email address, and “zzz” by your API key. Variables are separated by ||.
http://qoiob.com/api/shorten/?theKitchenSink=login::xxx||apiKey::zzz||format::txt||longUrl::%@
(Note: there should be no space after the ? or anywhere else in the string.)
Click the “Save settings” button.
3. Activate auto-shortening in Tweetdeck
With “auto-shortening” enabled in the update window, TweetDeck will automatically shorten any URLs that you type or paste into the update box. If auto-shortening is not yet enabled, turn it on by clicking the 
button (more about auto-shortening on Tweetdeck’s support site).
Can I choose which domain will be used when new shortcuts are created automatically from the API?
Yes, read this post for more details on how to set the endpoint link.
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