TinyApp Project

TinyApp is a full stack web application built with Node and Express that allows users to shorten long URLs (à la bit.ly).

Purpose

This project was created and published by Jerome Lagbas as part of the Web Development program at Lighthouse Labs.

Final Product

Login Page

Register Page

TinyApp Homepage (Empty)

TinyApp Homepage

Create New URL

Edit URL

403 Forbidden Page

404 Not Found Page

Dependencies

• Node.js
• Express
• EJS
• bcryptjs
• cookie-session

Getting Started

• Install all dependencies (using the npm install command)
• Run the development web server using the node express_server.js command

How To Use

• Run local server npm start
• Browse to http://localhost:8080
• Login or register an account
• My URLs displays all URLs you have created
• To create new URL click on Create New URL
• Enter the website address you wish to shorten
• Use your shortened URL by going to localhost:8080/u/ + short URL ID
• Modify URL by clicking Edit
• Delete URL by clicking Delete
• Access or share your TinyURL anywhere

Features

• Simple user database (supports unlimited user registration and URL creation)
• Secured user registration using hash technology (powered by bcrypt)
• Supports user-session using cookies (login and logout)
• Encrypted cookies (powered by cookie-session)
• User authenticated URLs (protects unauthorized modification and deletion)
• Protected POST routes
• Responsive web design (mobile view supported)
• Custom error pages (403 and 404)