abbr

abbr is a self-hosted URL shortener written in Python/flask.

Current state

Expiry, authentication and a bookmarklet still need to be done. Install information, and packaging, too.

Features

• shorten a URL in the web interface, optionally give a custom short name

• use ?info to show a URL's redirect URL instead of going there

• use the API to generate short URLs:

  curl -X POST -d 'http://google.com' $ABBR_DOMAIN
  $ABBR_DOMAIN/sdfasdfs
  curl -X POST -d '{"url": "https://ooogle.com", "expiry": "2016-10-14 13:30:00", "name": "myshortname"}' $ABBR_DOMAIN
  $ABBR_DOMAIN/myshortname
  

• a simple config file for self hosting

Features (tbd)

• set an expiry time
• a bookmarklet
• optional support for login tokens/let only authenticated users a) see or b) create shortened URLs

Non-Features (ntbd)

• no tracking of clicks
• no stats on anything
• no plugins

Installation

Either choose to install with docker, or try the ansible role.

Docker

build:

docker-compose build --pull

initialize:

docker-compose run web initdb

start developing:

docker-compose up