URL Shortener

A fast, tiny URL shortener API.

Development

1. Install Bun dependencies:

bun install

2. Start the MySQL database and Redis server:

docker compose up

3. Run the database migrations:

bunx tsx src/migrate.ts

4. Start the Bun server:

bun run src/server.ts

Usage

Shorten a URL

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"url": "https://example.com"}' http://localhost:8080

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "alias": "<url-alias>"
}

Redirect to a URL

curl -I http://localhost:8080/<url-alias>

HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://example.com