URL Manager – Production-Grade URL Shortener 🚀

A Bitly-like production-ready URL shortener built with modern best practices.
Includes authentication, analytics, Redis caching, secure APIs, and a React dashboard.

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🔥 Features

• ⚡ Ultra-fast redirects (<5ms cache-hit) using Redis.
• 📊 Advanced analytics: click tracking, daily trends, referrer, device, and unique visitors.
• 🔐 Secure APIs: JWT authentication, Zod validation, input normalization.
• 🛡 Rate limiting: Prevents abuse (25 requests / 15 minutes per user).
• 🖥 Dashboard (React): Manage links, view stats, track user activity.
• 🐳 Production practices: Environment-based configs, Prisma migrations, error handling.

Quick Demo

Try out the application instantly using these credentials:

Email: [email protected]
Password: pass1234

🛠 Architecture

graph TD
    A[Client: React + Vite + Tailwind] --> B[Express.js API Server]
    B --> C[Redis Cache]
    B --> D[Prisma ORM]
    D --> E[Supabase]

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📊 Example Analytics

• Total Clicks
• Daily Trends
• Referrer Sources
• Device Breakdown
• Unique Visitors

🔒 Security & Production Readiness

• ✅ Input validation with Zod
• ✅ Sanitized queries with Prisma
• ✅ Helmet + CORS + Rate limiting
• ✅ JWT-based authentication
• ✅ Redis caching for high-speed lookups
• ✅ Robust error handling & logging

🚀 Roadmap

• Docker + Nginx for deployment
• CI/CD setup (GitHub Actions)
• Custom domains for short links
• Link expiration & QR code generation