Node.js URL Shortener API

This is an URL shortener service like bit.ly or cutt.ly. The front-end is not covered here. The API service can take a long URL and convert it to a shorter URL. MongoDB is used as the database. The long URL, short URL, and other details are stored in the database. When a long URL that is already stored in the database is passed again, it returns the older shortened URL.

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Run Locally

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/nemo0/node-url-shortener

Go to the project directory

  cd urlShortenerMongo

Install dependencies

  npm install

Start the server

  npm run start

API Reference

Shorten URL

  POST /api/short

Field	Type	Description
Body	json	Original Url

Example:

POST http://localhost:3333/api/short
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "origUrl": "https://nemo.hashnode.dev/an-introduction-to-recursion-using-javascript-ckfgx2nrq001xols17h787f87"
}

Get item

  GET /:id

Parameter	Type	Description
id	string	Unique URL Code

Example:

GET http://localhost:3333/SLiCKEXdn

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

Variable	Description
MONGO_URI	MongoDB URI
BASE	Base URL for Shortening