Shortlinks Site

A small PHP script that redirects to a URL based on a keyword matched against a CSV sheet on a URL.

Installation

1. Place files in an NGINX webserver with PHP support

2. Update path to CSV file ($csv variable)

NGINX

Since NGINX does not read .htaccess you must add a redirect into the config. (This is done for you when deploying with this Ansible playbook)

To do so add rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?link=$1 last; at the last line of the location / { block. For example:

location / {
	try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
	rewrite ^/(.*)$ /redir.php?link=$1 last;
}

Usage

Line in CSV file:

keyword,destination_url

For example:

example,https://example.org

Browse to:

https://link.hypha.coop/keyword

For tips on managing and using these shortlinks, see the Shortlink Guides in Hypha's Handbook.

Deploying

We use this Ansible playbook to configure our reverse proxy and web server vhosts which also creates the directory to store the site files.

Once the playbook is done we can now deploy the site files using Travis CI with the deploy user's SSH key.

staging branch deploys to the staging server accessible here: https://link.staging.hypha.coop

master branch deploys to the production site.