A quest to build and learn URL shortner fundamentals using NodeJS, JavaScript, Express, MongoDB atlas cloud DB etc.
First Use execute [npm i] To start the server execute npm run start or npm run start:server or configure your own script in package.json :)
[NOTE! the current source code is configured to use PORT 3000 in absence of process.env.port property.]
eg http://localhost:{port}/apipath http://localhost:3000/apipath
Routes:
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api-signature: {baseUrl}/api/shortify/ request-method: POST request-body: { "originalURL": "https://www.BigURL.com/SomeBigVeryBigURLsonandsoonsoonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnBig" } SampleRespnse: { "id": "618faf6396bfd0b4a632d6d0", "uid": "ZvrCjc2TO", "originalURL": "https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16225007011&pf_rd_r=KM23D62PY5G6AJKKR8DX&pf_rd_p=e5b0c85f-569c-4c90-a58f-0c0a260e45a0&pd_rd_r=0bd81bd4-4f5d-4bb7- b9ba-020a5ccd9b30&pd_rd_w=gayay&pd_rd_wg=GSUrr&ref=pd_gw_unk", "shortURL": "http://localhost:3000/ZvrCjc2TO", "date": "2021-11-13T12:28:19.937Z", "__v": 0 } in the above response business usable data keys are: a. uid -> serves as the short url unique identifier implemented using shortID npm package. b. originalURL -> Some very big url to shortify. c. shortURL -> The new encoded short url to use on your SOCIAL-WEBSITE for example or anywhere. SCHEME """ {nsc-URL-Shortify-app-baseURL}/{uid} other keys are Mongo DB collection object data.
Screen-shot-reference-Postman:
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api-signature: {baseUrl}/api/redirect/ request-method: GET Request-Query-Parameter: KEY =uid, EG uid = "some unique key string e.g. ZvrCjc2TO" Sucess-Response: A redirection to the Original big URL web-page/app/site/data. Not-found uid response: "URL Not found! "
Example of request : http://localhost:3000/api/redirect/?uid=ZvrCjc2TO
