diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a5c0955..a800604 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-appdirs==1.4.3
 appnope==0.1.0
 bcrypt==3.1.4
 certifi==2017.11.5
@@ -7,12 +6,10 @@ chardet==3.0.4
 click==6.7
 decorator==4.1.2
 Django==1.11.7
-ecdsa==0.13
 Flask==0.12.2
 Flask-Cors==3.0.3
 Flask-JWT-Extended==3.3.4
 Flask-Script==2.0.6
-future==0.16.0
 geoip2==2.6.0
 idna==2.6
 ipython==6.2.1
@@ -30,10 +27,8 @@ pickleshare==0.7.4
 prompt-toolkit==1.0.15
 ptyprocess==0.5.2
 pycparser==2.18
-pycrypto==2.6.1
 Pygments==2.2.0
 PyJWT==1.5.3
-pyparsing==2.2.0
 pytest==3.2.5
 pytz==2017.3
 requests==2.18.4
diff --git a/src/pygmy/app/link.py b/src/pygmy/app/link.py
index 27a5457..221a12f 100644
--- a/src/pygmy/app/link.py
+++ b/src/pygmy/app/link.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def shorten(long_url, short_code=None, expire_after=None, description=None,
         query_dict.update(dict(short_code=short_code, is_custom=True))
         insert_dict = query_dict
     if secret_key:
-        query_dict.update(secret_key=secret_key, is_protected=True)
+        query_dict.update(secret_key=str(secret_key), is_protected=True)
         insert_dict = query_dict
     if expire_after:
         insert_dict['expire_after'] = expire_after
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def unshorten(short_url, secret_key=None,
     if url_manager.has_expired():
         raise LinkExpired
     if link.is_protected:
-        if not secret_key or link.secret_key != secret_key:
+        if not secret_key or str(link.secret_key) != str(secret_key):
             raise URLAuthFailed(short_url)
     if request:
         save_clickmeta(request, link)
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def resolve_short(short_code, request=None, secret_key=None):
     if manager.has_expired() is True:
         raise LinkExpired('Link has expired')
     if link.is_protected:
-        if not secret_key or link.secret_key != secret_key:
+        if not secret_key or str(link.secret_key) != str(secret_key):
             raise URLAuthFailed(short_code)
     # put stats
     if request:
@@ -147,3 +147,7 @@ def save_clickmeta(request, link):
     else:
         data = parse_request(request)
     return ClickMetaManager().add(link_id=link.id, **data)
+
+
+def click(short_code):
+    """Add method to mimic click url"""
diff --git a/src/pygmy/config/pygmy.cfg b/src/pygmy/config/pygmy.cfg
index fceeb28..2cef342 100644
--- a/src/pygmy/config/pygmy.cfg
+++ b/src/pygmy/config/pygmy.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ host = 0.0.0.0
 port = 9119
 debug = False
 flask_secret = CvJHGFVBj*&^TRGBHDdBV836bdy73JJDHGV
-url = 127.0.0.1
+short_url = 127.0.0.1
+short_url_schema = http://
 
 [database]
 file_name: pygmy.db
diff --git a/src/pygmy/exception/auth.py b/src/pygmy/exception/auth.py
index 513dbb2..c85f42c 100644
--- a/src/pygmy/exception/auth.py
+++ b/src/pygmy/exception/auth.py
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ def __init__(self, url):
         self.url = url
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return ("Invalid/missing secret key for"
-                " protected url {0}.").format(self.url)
\ No newline at end of file
+        return "Invalid/missing secret key for protected url"
diff --git a/src/pygmy/model/link.py b/src/pygmy/model/link.py
index 4e94c60..44119d0 100644
--- a/src/pygmy/model/link.py
+++ b/src/pygmy/model/link.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 from sqlalchemy import (Column, String, Integer, Boolean,
                         BigInteger, Unicode, DateTime)
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from pygmy.database.base import Model
 from pygmy.database.dbutil import dbconnection, utcnow
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ def has_expired(self):
 
     @staticmethod
     def crc32(long_url):
+        if not urlparse(long_url).scheme:
+            long_url = 'http://{}'.format(long_url)
         return binascii.crc32(str.encode(long_url))
 
     @property
@@ -155,6 +158,8 @@ def add(self, db, long_url, **kwargs):
         if db.bind.name == 'mysql':
             kwargs['created_at'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
             kwargs['updated_at'] = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+        if not urlparse(long_url).scheme:
+            long_url = 'http://{}'.format(long_url)
         self.link = Link(long_url=long_url,
                          long_url_hash=self.crc32(long_url), **kwargs)
         db.add(self.link)
@@ -180,6 +185,8 @@ def update(self, db, **kwargs):
 
     @dbconnection
     def get(self, db, long_url, is_default=True):
+        if not urlparse(long_url).scheme:
+            long_url = 'http://{}'.format(long_url)
         query_dict = dict(long_url_hash=self.crc32(long_url),
                           long_url=long_url,
                           is_default=is_default)
@@ -246,9 +253,12 @@ def find(self, db, **kwargs):
         long_url query for performance optimization.
         """
         query_dict = dict()
-        if kwargs.get('long_url'):
-            query_dict['long_url_hash'] = self.crc32(kwargs.get('long_url'))
-            query_dict['long_url'] = kwargs.get('long_url')
+        long_url = kwargs.get('long_url')
+        if long_url:
+            if not urlparse(long_url).scheme:
+                long_url = 'http://{}'.format(long_url)
+            query_dict['long_url_hash'] = self.crc32(long_url)
+            query_dict['long_url'] = long_url
         query_dict.update(self.build_query_dict(**kwargs))
         # build sqlalchmey and query
         query = [getattr(Link, k) == v for k, v in query_dict.items()]
diff --git a/src/pygmy/tests/pygmy_test.cfg b/src/pygmy/tests/pygmy_test.cfg
index 91d14b8..0d599aa 100644
--- a/src/pygmy/tests/pygmy_test.cfg
+++ b/src/pygmy/tests/pygmy_test.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ host = 0.0.0.0
 port = 9118
 debug = False
 flask_secret = CvJHGFVBj*&^TRGBHDdBV836bdy73JJDHGV
-url = 127.0.0.1
+short_url = 127.0.0.1
+short_url_schema = http://
 
 [database]
 file_name: pygmy_test.db
diff --git a/src/pygmy/tests/test_click_stats.py b/src/pygmy/tests/test_click_stats.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..977c90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pygmy/tests/test_click_stats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from pygmy.app.link import shorten, unshorten, link_stats
+from pygmy.core.initialize import initialize_test
+from pygmy.config import config
+
+
+class URLClickStatsTest(TestCase):
+    """Test for clickmeta i.e. click stats"""
+
+    DBPath = None
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.long_url = 'https://example.com'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        currdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+        config_path = currdir + '/pygmy_test.cfg'
+        db_path = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.db').name
+        cls.DBPath = "sqlite:///{}".format(db_path)
+        initialize_test(config_path, db_url=cls.DBPath)
+
+    def test_config(self):
+        assert config is not None
+        assert config.db is not None
+        assert self.DBPath is not None
+
+    def test_clickmeta(self):
+        data = shorten(self.long_url)
+        assert isinstance(data, dict) is True
+        assert link_stats(data['short_code'] + 'abc+') is None
+        stats = link_stats(data['short_code'] + '+')
+        assert stats is not None
diff --git a/src/pygmy/tests/test_url_shorten_unshorten.py b/src/pygmy/tests/test_url_shorten_unshorten.py
index d48a2bb..e5a35e8 100644
--- a/src/pygmy/tests/test_url_shorten_unshorten.py
+++ b/src/pygmy/tests/test_url_shorten_unshorten.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from pygmy.core.initialize import initialize_test
 from pygmy.app.link import shorten, unshorten
 from pygmy.config import config
+from pygmy.exception.auth import URLAuthFailed
 
 
 class URLShortenUnshortenTestCases(TestCase):
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ class URLShortenUnshortenTestCases(TestCase):
     DBPath = None
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.long_url = 'https://github.com'
+        self.long_url = 'https://example.com'
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def test_config(self):
         assert config.db is not None
         assert self.DBPath is not None
 
-    def test_long_url_shorten(self):
+    def test_aaa_long_url_shorten(self):
         data = shorten(self.long_url)
         assert isinstance(data, dict) is True
         assert data['short_code'] == 'b'
@@ -45,13 +46,26 @@ def test_custom_short_url(self):
         assert udata['long_url'] == self.long_url
 
     def test_secret_short_url(self):
-        secret_key = 'safe'
+        secret_key = 123
         data = shorten(self.long_url, secret_key=secret_key)
         assert data['is_protected'] is True
-        assert data['secret_key'] == secret_key
+        assert data['secret_key'] == str(secret_key)
+        with self.assertRaises(URLAuthFailed):
+            unshorten(data['short_code'])
+            unshorten(data['short_code'], secret_key='safe')
+        udata = unshorten(data['short_code'], secret_key='123')
+        assert udata['long_url'] == data['long_url']
 
     def test_short_url_unshorten(self):
         data = shorten(self.long_url)
         udata = unshorten(data['short_code'])
         assert isinstance(udata, dict)
         assert udata['long_url'] == self.long_url
+
+    def test_http_non_http_url(self):
+        urls = [
+            'http://example.com',
+            'example.com'
+        ]
+        response = set(shorten(u)['short_code'] for u in urls)
+        assert len(response) == 1
diff --git a/src/pygmy/utilities/urls.py b/src/pygmy/utilities/urls.py
index 8b0c727..18fd769 100644
--- a/src/pygmy/utilities/urls.py
+++ b/src/pygmy/utilities/urls.py
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ def validate_url(url):
 
 
 def make_short_url(short_path):
-    short_url = urljoin(config.pygmy['url'], short_path)
+    short_url = urljoin(
+        config.pygmy['short_url_schema'],
+        config.pygmy['short_url'],
+        short_path)
     return short_url
 
 
diff --git a/src/pygmy/validator/link.py b/src/pygmy/validator/link.py
index 71d782c..2811f83 100644
--- a/src/pygmy/validator/link.py
+++ b/src/pygmy/validator/link.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class LinkSchema(Schema):
     short_code = fields.Str(required=False,
                             allow_none=True,
                             validate=is_valid_custom_code_or_secret)
-    short_url = fields.Method('short_url_path', load_only=True)
+    short_url = fields.Method('short_url_path', dump_only=True)
     description = fields.Str(required=False, allow_none=True)
     secret_key = fields.Str(required=False,
                             allow_none=True,
diff --git a/src/pyui/restclient/pygmy.py b/src/pyui/restclient/pygmy.py
index 32618a2..9c48a7f 100644
--- a/src/pyui/restclient/pygmy.py
+++ b/src/pyui/restclient/pygmy.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def list_links(self, access_token):
             raise ObjectNotFound(resp_obj)
         links = resp_obj
         for link in links:
-            if link.get('short_url'):
+            if link.get('short_code'):
                 link['short_url'] = self.HOSTNAME + '/' + link['short_code']
         return links