Node.js URL Shortener

A simple Node.js URL shortener using ExpressJS and MongoDB.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mohamadayash22/node-url-shortener.git

2. Install the project dependencies

    cd node-url-shortener
    npm install

3. Configure the environment variables

    PORT=3000
    MONGODB_URI=your-mongodb-uri
    BASE_URL=your-api-base-url

4. To run the app in dev mode

   npm run dev

5. To run the app in production mode

   npm start

Usage

To use the URL shortener API, make HTTP requests to the following endpoints:

• POST /api/shorten: Shorten a long URL.
• GET /{urlId}: Redirect to the original URL.

API Documentation

For detailed information about the available API endpoints, please refer to the BASE_URL/api-docs , where BASE_URL is your API's base URL as configured in your environment file.

You can access the Swagger documentation by replacing BASE_URL with the actual base URL of your API.