url-shortener

This API converts a long website links to short (like goo.gl,bit.ly).

Prerequisites

Node.js
NPM
Express

Installation

Clone the project
Run given commands to the project directory
This command will install all require packages

npm install

This command will start server in localhost and deploy the API on it (basically will run app.js file).

node app

How to use

Now API is running on localhost. One can call the API from anywhere (like in own program or Postman), I am using cURL.
User has to call the api with POST method at end-point api/shorten (call with JSON object, key name is fullURL and value is Website's Long Link)

It will return the JSON object. In this object, "url" key has short url.
Now insert "localhost:<port_number>/<short_url>" into browser and it will redirect it to original url.

Authors

Keval S. Navadiya