URL Shortener

A URL shortener service built with Golang.

Website: https://thefeij-url-shortener.liara.run

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Usage
• API Endpoints

Introduction

This project is a URL shortener service implemented in Golang. It allows users to shorten long URLs and redirect to the original URLs using the shortened version.

Features

REST APIs for:

• Shorten long URLs
• Redirect to the original URL using the shortened URL

Usage

Shorten a URL

Send a POST request to /links with the URL to be shortened.

Request:

{
  "url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=long+url&oq=long+url&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABiABDIJCAIQABgKGIAEMgcIAxAuGIAEMgcIBBAuGIAEMgcIBRAAGIAEMgcIBhAAGIAEMgcIBxAAGIAEMgcICBAAGIAEMgcICRAAGIAE0gEIMTgzNmowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8"
}

Response:

{
   "short_url": "https://thefeij-url-shortener.liara.run/links/VzT9h5"
}

Redirect to the Original URL

Access the shortened URL in the browser or via a GET request to be redirected.

API Endpoints

• POST /links: Shorten a URL.
• GET /links/:shortUrl: Redirect to the original URL