README.md

Shortify

Yet another URL shortener written in Elixir.

Running shortify locally

• Set DATABASE_URL environment variable with pool size

postgres://username:password@db_host:5432/shortify_db?pool_size=10

• Run iex -S mix on command-line
• Visit http://localhost:4000

Building and deploying release with Docker

Building image

docker build -t shortify .

Running container

docker run --rm \
    -p 4000:4000 \
    -p 4001:4001 \
    -e DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:pass@pgdb:5432/shortify_db?pool_size=10" \
    -e WEB_BASE_URL="http://mydomain.com" \
    -it shortify

• 4000 port listening for web and 4001 for API by default.

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License : MIT