#coffiURL - URL shortener

A URL shortener is an online application that converts a regular URL (the web address that starts with http://) into its condensed format. The user only has to copy the full URL of a website and paste it into the URL shortening tool to come up with an abbreviated version that is around 10 to 20 characters long.

CoffiURL is a URL shortener implemented with a back-end in Java, a front-end in AngularJS and with Redis as persistence system.

#How to install

1. Clone the repository from Github:
   git clone http://github.com/peppesilletti/coffiURL.git

2. Move inside the folder coffiURL and build the docker image with the Dockerfile with:
   docker build -t url-shortener .

3. Run the container
   docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name coffiURL url-shortener

4. If you are a Linux user, skip this step. Otherwise, you need to map the 8080 port in VirtualBox

#How to use

Open your favourite browser and digit 'http://localhost:8080' for the home page. For the statistics page of a shortURL, write 'http://localhost:8080/shortURL$'. Without the $, you will be redirect to the original web site.

#How to use api

• Create a new short URL
  [POST]: http://localhost:8080/api/url
  curl --data "longURL=www.google.it" http://localhost:8080/api/url
curl --data "longURL=www.google.it&shortURL=custom" http://localhost:8080/api/url

• Get a long URL
  [GET]: http://localhost:8080/api/url?shortURL=xfGhti curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET http://localhost:8080/api/url?shortURL=xfGhti

• Get short URL statistics
  [GET] All statistics: http://localhost:8080/api/stats?shortURL=xfGhti
  curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET http://localhost:8080/api/stats?shortURL=xfGhti
  [GET] Period statistics: http://localhost:8080/api/stats?shortURL=xfGhti&fromTime=123456&toTime=1234589
  curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET http://localhost:8080/api/stats?shortURL=xfGhti&fromTime=123456&toTime=1234589

toTime e fromTime sono in formato timestamp

#Developer

Giuseppe Silletti - <sillettig@gmail.com>