Go Link Shortener

A simple link shortener written in GO

Features

• Makes links shorter

Prerequisites

• GoLang
• Sqlite3

Setup

Follow these steps to set up the project locally.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/tsugent/link_shortener_go.git

2. Navigate to directory:

   cd ./link_shortener_go/

3. Build/Run Production:

   go build -o go-url-short .
   ./go-url-short

   Development:

   go run .

Usage

1. Create a Shortened Link:

   #POST:

   curl -X POST localhost:8080/shorten -d '{"originalURL": "https://facebook.com", "created": "10/19/2021 10:19:01"}' 

   #STDOUT:

   "{\"shortened_link\": \"http://localhost:8080/short/?r=e70f7e67\"}"

2. Retrieve URL to be directed to:

   #GET:

       curl -X GET "http://localhost:8080/short/?r=e70f7e67" 

   #STDOUT:

       "{\"original_url\": \"https://facebook.com\"}"

Contributing

I don't know why you'd do something like that.