GovTech TAP GDS - Technical Assessment

This project is a URL shortener for GovTech TAP GDS technical assessment.

Features

• Input any url and it will return a shortened url
• In-built clip board to make it easier to copy the shortened url

Tech

The URL Shortener uses the following technologies:

Frontend

• ReactJS - Frontend framework, styled with bootstrap css

Backend

• Golang - To host the REST API
• MySQL - Relational database to store url mappings

Installation

To run the URL Shortener, the following

• Node.js v12.16.1+
• Golang
• MySQL

1. Edit the config file

cd Backend
cd config

Open config.yml in a text editor and change the values of MySQL credentials

2. Run the MySQL script

mysql -u root -p < script.sql

3. Install the dependencies and start the backend server

cd Backend
go mod tidy
go run main.go

4. Install the dependencies and start the front end server.

cd Frontend
npm install
npm start