go-url-shortener

Golang url shortener using clean code.

Features:

• Multiple storage engine: Redis and MongoDB.
• Multiple message format: JSON and Msgpack.

Run Tests

1. Set envvars

export MONGODB_URL=mongodb://localhost/shortener
export MONGODB_TIMEOUT=30
export MONGODB_DATABASE=shortener
export REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379

2. Run tests

make test

Run the server

1. Set envvars

For redis storage:

export PORT=3000
export STORAGE_ENGINE=redis
export REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379

For mongo storage:

export PORT=3000
export STORAGE_ENGINE=mongo
export MONGODB_URL=mongodb://localhost/shortener
export MONGODB_TIMEOUT=30
export MONGODB_DATABASE=shortener

2. Run the server

With binary:

make build
./shortener

Without binary:

make run

How to use

Create new short url:

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000 \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	"url": "https://github.com/allisson"
}'

The response:

{
    "code": "YzaFuvFWg",
    "url": "https://github.com/allisson",
    "created_at": 1566827456
}

Get redirected:

curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/YzaFuvFWg

The response:

<a href="https://github.com/allisson">Moved Permanently</a>.

If you want to use msgpack format, change Content-Type header to application/x-msgpack.