GShortify

⭐ Introduction

GShortify, a URL Shortener application built to demonstrate intermediate CRUD operations that can be performed using Golang. It involves the creation and consumption of APIs, allowing to shorten and manage URLs efficiently, while showcasing key concepts such as data handling, routing, and database interaction.

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🔨 Tech Stack

• HTML/CSS/Javascript (Frontend)
• Go (Backend)
• Supabase (Database)

📜 Features

👉 API Creation: using gorilla/mux package to serve different endpoints for URL shortener

👉 API consumption: by the UI application to shorten a long URL

🔧 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/api/v1/routes/redirect/:shortid	Redirect to original URL
GET	/api/v1/routes/urls	List all URLs and corresponding shorten id
POST	/api/v1/routes/shorten	Create shorten id and shorten URL
PUT	/api/v1/routes/update/:shortid	Update original URL
DELETE	/api/v1/routes/update/:shortid	Update original URL and corresponding shorten id

List original URL and corresponding shortID

GET /api/v1/urls

Request

• Client's IP Address

Response

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Data found",
  "data": [
    {
      "tw9apb98": "https://google.com"
    },
    {
      "ngMI98wQ": "https://yahoo.com"
    },
    {
      "O8dYvXGH": "https://netflix.com"
    },
    {
      "d9jYcHDU": "https://zee5.com"
    }
  ]
}

Shorten long URL

POST /api/v1/shorten

Request

{
  "url": "https://linkedin.com"
}

Response

{
  "code": 201,
  "message": "Shorten url generated successfully",
  "data": {
    "shortened-url": [
      {
        "localhost:8080/z5VAZ6bN"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Update original URL

PUT /api/v1/update/:shortid

Request

{
  "url": "https://google.co.in"
}

Response

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Data updated successfully",
  "data": [
    {
    "previous-url": "https://google.com",
    "original-url": "https://google.co.in",
    "short-id": "tw9apb98"
    }
  ]
}

Delete original URL and corresponding shortID

DELETE /api/v1/delete/:shortid

Response

204 No Content