url-shortener

A url shortener created using go

Current Features

• Simplistic
• Uses only Go stdlib Go-redis for redis interaction
• Only alphanumerics(_ inclusive) and - available as slug
• Peristent storage with redis(as only simple key value pair is required at the moment)

TODO

• Add at GET / route as a simple web frontend to the api

Available endpoints

• POST / to create a new shortened url

  with body {"url": "your url", "slug": "your desired slug"}

• GET /{slug} redirect to the original url
• DELETE /{slug} removes the short url

Note: Credits to Samrid Pandit and do check out his superior python implementation at shotcut