Bitly clone: URL shortener

This lightweight API does only a couple actions: it can shorten a single url, shorten several urls at a time, showcase data on how many times a url has been used, and redirect the short url to the original url.

Checkout the runner file for some sample uses.

Shortening a single URL

Make a get request to http://localhost:3000/shorten + your params:

 GET http://localhost:3000/shorten?url=https://google.com

What you'll get back:

{
  "success": true,
  "url": "http://www.google.com",
  "short": "http://localhost:3000/ABC123"
}

Looking at click data

Make a get request to http://localhost:3000/data + your shortened link:

GET http://localhost:3000/data?url=https://google.com

What you'll get back:

{
  "success": true,
  "original": "http://www.google.com",
  "short": "http://localhost:3000/ABC123",
  "count": 10
}

Nifty!