Go miniURL

A URL minifier REST API written in Go, with Gin framework

Stack

• Go
• Gin Framework
• MongoDB

Packages

• JWT
• Bcrypt
• Cors

Environment Variables

• APP_MODE=development | production
• PORT=4000
• DATABASE_URI=<your mongodb uri>
• DATABASE_NAME=<your mongodb collection name>
• JWT_ISSUER=
• JWT_SECRET=
• EMAIL_VERIFICATION_TOKEN_SECRET=
• HASH_COST=10

larger HASH_COST will result in slower but more secure hashing

Getting Started

• Clone the repo and run go get to install all the dependencies.
• Create a .env file at the root of the project and add the above mentioned variables.
• Run go run . to start the project in debug mode. It is a good idea to set APP_MODE=development.
• Request the following endpoints from either your own UI or Postman.

Endpoints

Common prefix – /api

Authentication

Common prefix – /auth

Login

Register

Reset Password

• Get link
• Set new password

Validate user token

Minify

Common prefix – /minify

Get all minified urls

Request

curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:4000/api/minify'

Response

[
  {
    "_id": "6598609d7d1a137466f0f8eb",
    "label": "Official Go Website",
    "active": true
  }
]

Generate new minified URL

Request

Payload

{
  "link": "https://go.dev",
  "label": "Official Go Website"
}

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:4000/api/minify' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
	"link": "https://go.dev",
	"label": "Official Go Website"
}'

Get single minified url

Sending a request to this endpoint will redirect to the original url that was minified.

curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:4000/api/minify/65985472c4fd59a24436a281'

Update a url

Delete a url