shorty

Shorty - URL Shortener example implementation using hashids.

Installation

Create a MySQL database

create database shorty; 

Add your custom configuration in application.properties and start the spring boot application :

java -jar target/shorty-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Usage

To create a url reduction claim :

$ curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:1337/claims' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-raw '{
        "callback": "http://google.fr?q=Lyon"
    }'

Example of response :

{
    "token": "4K",
    "redirectionUrl": "http://localhost:1337/4K"
}

redirectionUrl is the short URL for http://google.fr?q=Lyon

Limitations

This application is not secure, access to APIs does not require any authentication. For production use, it is your responsibility to implement the appropriate security mechanisms.

License

Apache 2.0 License. See the LICENSE file.