URL Shortener Service

This URL Shortener is a simple web service that provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs. It's built with Flask and uses Redis for storage.

Features

• Create short URLs from long URLs
• Redirect from a short URL to the original URL
• Delete short URLs

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6+
• Redis server

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   https://github.com/anoop-patil/URLShortner.git
   

2. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Start the Redis server (refer to Redis documentation for specific instructions).

4. Run the application:

   python url_shortner.py
   

Usage

Create a Short URL

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/ -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://www.example.com"}'

Redirect to Original URL

curl http://localhost:8080/<short_key>

Delete a Short URL

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8080/<short_key>

Running Tests

Run tests using pytest:

pytest tests/

Acknowledgments

Of course, this was inspired by John Crickett's Coding Challenges - https://codingchallenges.fyi/challenges/challenge-url-shortener