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FreeCodeCamp API Basejump: URL Shortener Microservice

User stories:

1. I can pass a URL as a parameter and I will receive a shortened URL in the JSON response.
2. If I pass an invalid URL that doesn't follow the valid http://www.example.com format, the JSON response will contain an error instead.
3. When I visit that shortened URL, it will redirect me to my original link.

Example creation usage:

https://little-url.herokuapp.com/new/https://www.google.com
https://little-url.herokuapp.com/new/http://foo.com:80

Example creation output:

{"original_url":"http://foo.com:80","short_url":"https://little-url.herokuapp.com/8170"}

Usage:

https://little-url.herokuapp.com/2871

Will redirect to:

https://www.google.com/