URL Shortener

The purpose of this project is to provide you with a utility that shortens lengthy URLs.

This project was completed as part of the Free-Code-Camp curriculum.

Download

git clone https://github.com/adambrikman/url-shortener

Install

Once downloaded, in your command prompt/terminal/code editor, after navigating to the downloaded file, run the following command:

npm i

After this, create a .env file containing the following two items:

MONGO_URI=[Insert Mongo URI in this spot (without the outside square brackets). Mongo URI's can be obtained here.]

BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000/r/

To start the project, run the following script in your terminal:

npm run devStart

That's it! The project is up and running. Visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser to begin using it!

Usage

To use this project, copy a URL and paste it into the input field that says "Shorten your link."

After pasting, click the "Shorten" button. A new input field will appear below displaying your shortened URL!

Paste the shortened URL in the address bar (or share it with your friend) and you're good to go!