links.ml

links -- Simple, fast link shortener

Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Ubuntu/Debian
  • CentOS/Redhat
  • Manual Install
  • Build from source
• Usage
  • Example
• Using as a library
  • Example
• API
  • Password protection
• Contributing
• License

Installation

Check out the releases page for prebuilt versions. Links should work on ubuntu/debian, centos/redhat/fedora, etc. Below are example commands of how you would install the utility.

Ubuntu/Debian

$ wget https://liam.sh/ghr/links_0.2.5_linux_amd64.deb
$ dpkg -i links_0.2.5_linux_amd64.deb
$ links --help

CentOS/Redhat

$ yum localinstall https://liam.sh/ghr/links_0.2.5_linux_amd64.rpm
$ links --help

Some older CentOS versions may require (if you get Cannot open: <url>. Skipping.):

$ wget https://liam.sh/ghr/links_0.2.5_linux_amd64.rpm
$ yum localinstall links_0.2.5_linux_amd64.rpm

Manual Install

$ wget https://liam.sh/ghr/links_0.2.5_linux_amd64.tar.gz
$ tar -C /usr/bin/ -xzvf links_0.2.5_linux_amd64.tar.gz links
$ chmod +x /usr/bin/links
$ links --help

Source

Note that you must have Go installed and a fully working $GOPATH setup.

$ go get -d -u github.com/lrstanley/links
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/lrstanley/links
$ make
$ ./links --help

Usage

$ links --help
Usage:
  links [OPTIONS] [add | delete]

Application Options:
  -s, --site-name=     site url, used for url generation (default: https://links.wtf)
      --session-dir=   optional location to store temporary sessions
  -q, --quiet          don't log to stdout
      --debug          enable debugging (pprof endpoints)
  -b, --http=          ip:port pair to bind to (default: :8080)
  -p, --behind-proxy   if X-Forwarded-For headers should be trusted
  -d, --db=            path to database file (default: store.db)
      --key-length=    default length of key (uuid) for generated urls (default: 4)
      --http-preclude= HTTP include which is included directly after css is included
                       (near top of the page)
      --http-include=  HTTP include which is included directly after js is included
                       (near bottom of the page)
  -e, --export-file=   file to export db to (default: links.export)
      --export-json    export db to json elements
  -v, --version        display the version of links.wtf and exit

TLS Options:
      --tls.enable     run tls server rather than standard http
  -c, --tls.cert=      path to ssl cert file
  -k, --tls.key=       path to ssl key file

Help Options:
  -h, --help           Show this help message

Available commands:
  add     add a link
  delete  delete a link, id, or link matching an author

Example

$ links -s "http://your-domain.com" -b "0.0.0.0:80" -d links.db

Using as a library

Links also has a Go client library which you can use, which adds a simple wrapper around an http call, to make shortening links simpler. Download it using the following go get command:

$ go get -u github.com/lrstanley/links/client

View the documentation here

Example

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"

	links "github.com/lrstanley/links/client"
)

func main() {
	uri, err := links.Shorten("https://your-long-link.com/longer/link", "", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("unable to shorten link: %s", err)
	}

	fmt.Printf("shortened: %s\n", uri.String())
}

API

Shortening a link is quite easy. simply send a POST request to https://links.wtf/add, which will return JSON-safe information as shown below:

$ curl --data "url=http://google.com" https://links.wtf/add
{"url": "https://links.wtf/27f4", "success": true}

Password protection

You can also password protect a link, simply by adding a password variable to the payload:

$ curl --data 'url=https://google.com/example&encrypt=y0urp4$$w0rd' https://links.wtf/add
{"url": "https://links.wtf/abc123", "success": true}

Contributing

Please review the CONTRIBUTING doc for submitting issues/a guide on submitting pull requests and helping out.

License

LICENSE: The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016 Liam Stanley <me@liamstanley.io>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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