A free, URL shortener service, where you can enter a URL and get a shortened version, for better readability.
- Clone or download the repo.
- Open terminal and navigate to
URL-Shortener
folder. - Run
pipenv shell
to enter virtual environment (or virtual environment of your choice) - Run
pipenv install
to install dependencies
- Run in the pipenv shell terminal
pipenv run dev
orpython server.py
to launch - Run docker-compose up to run server
- Go to
localhost:5000
to view - enter url you want to shorten
- enter the 3 figured code into the url bar e.g.
localhost:5000/Dtg
- click the link to redirect you to your chosen web page
- Have link returned take you directly to correct webpage
- Do the redirection work without middle page
- Add url check to the input
- Make link that appears a clickable button that copy the link
- Deploy in Heroku