This is URL shortening application written using the Django framework. It began as a fork of https://github.com/tehranian/url-shortener, but now includes functionality for creating custom shortened URLs including non-English characters. It also stores geo-location and origin of short link usage.
The project has also been updated to work on a Redis Backend, because Redis is a perfecrt fit for this application, bringing blazingly fast operation.
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More efficient and simpler method of mapping between short url and long url.
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Ability to create custom short URLs. Ex: http://you.rs/KimK -> http://www.kimkardashian.com
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Ability to create non-english custom short URLs. Ex. http://you.rs/見.香港 -> http://www.kimkardashian.com
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Keeps count of how many time each URL is followed.
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Keeps geolocation information each time URL is followed.
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Keeps origin information each time URL is followed.
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Redis server
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django 1.4
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redisco
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requests
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add
shortenerto INSTALLED_APPS. -
add
REDIS_HOSTandREDIS_PORTto settings.