urltinyizer

URLTINYIZER

URLTINYIZER is a REST API written in Go that provides the following functionality:

API

• Endpoint for creating short url

A POST request to /shorten endpoint with a JSON payload containing the long_url as a string returns a shortened url.

• Endpoint for redirecting users

A GET request to /{shortURL} redirects the user to the original long url and increments the number of hits.

• Stats endpoint

A GET request to /{shortURL}/stats returns the number of times a short url has been used.

The application runs on two Docker containers: one for the PostgreSQL database and the other for the application itself. To run the application, simply run make run.

Commands

Run make help to see the available commands.