Url-Shortener

An Url-Shortener built with aiohttp and mongodb.

Api

You can use the /shorten endpoint to shorten an url. Just make a post request and provide the "url" key with the original url. You will get back the new url in json format.

Dependencies

• Python 3.6 or higher
  pip install -U -r requirements.txt

Hosting

Windows

These are steps to host this website yourself.

• Install Python 3.6 or higher (including pip)

  • Be sure to select "customize installation" and select "Add Python to evironment variables"

• Clone this repository or download it as a zip and extract it

• Open the cmd, navigate in the directory of the website and run the following command:

  • python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

• Run the web.py file with the python web.py command.

Linux & Mac

Should be easy to adapt from the windows guide.