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URL-Shortener

A free, URL shortener service, where you can enter a URL and get a shortened version, for better readability.

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Installation

  • Clone or download the repo.
  • Open terminal and navigate to URL-Shortener folder.
  • Run pipenv shell to enter virtual environment (or virtual environment of your choice)
  • Run pipenv install to install dependencies

Usage

  • Run in the pipenv shell terminal pipenv run dev or python server.py to launch
  • Run docker-compose up to run server
  • Go to localhost:5000 to view
  • enter url you want to shorten
  • enter the 3 figured code into the url bar e.g. localhost:5000/Dtg
  • click the link to redirect you to your chosen web page

Future implementation

  • Have link returned take you directly to correct webpage
  • Do the redirection work without middle page
  • Add url check to the input
  • Make link that appears a clickable button that copy the link
  • Deploy in Heroku

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