URL Shortener

Introduction

This is a simple URL shortener web application that allows users to create shortened URLs, which can then be used to redirect to the original URL. In addition to the basic functionality of a URL shortener, this application also includes features such as location detection, expiry date for links, user management, and a statistics page with a powerful data table.

Redirect url Example : http://naserelz010-001-site1.ftempurl.com/r/zjOgKU9

Features

User Identity

• Log in
• Register
• Log out
• Email Confirmation
• Two Factor Authentication
• Remember Me .option
• and many more

URL Shortening

• Allows users to create shortened URLs for any website
• Shortened URLs can be used to redirect to the original URL
• Powerful Redirect Logic before Redirecting

Location Detection

• Detects the location of the user accessing the shortened URL
• Displays the country of the user on the statistics page
• Example : "{"status":"success","continent":"Asia","continentCode":"AS","country":"Israel","countryCode":"IL","region":"M","regionName":"Central District","city":"Raanana","district":"","zip":"","lat":32.1865,"lon":34.8726,"timezone":"Asia/Jerusalem","offset":10800,"currency":"ILS","isp":"XFone 018 Ltd","org":"XFone 018 Ltd","as":"AS47956 XFone 018 Ltd","asname":"XFONE","reverse":"","mobile":false,"proxy":false,"hosting":false,"query":"141.226.27.42"}"

Expiry Date

• Allows users to set an expiry date for the shortened URL
• Shortened URLs will no longer redirect after the expiry date has passed

User Management

• Mange Personal detals
• Provides a dashboard for logged-in users to manage their shortened URLs

Statistics Page

• Provides a comprehensive view of all shortened URLs
• Includes data such as total clicks, unique clicks, and country of the user
• Provides a powerful data table with features such as search, search highlight, pagination, view records per page, remote refresh, refresh data, link details view, full screen, and more.
• Indicate if Url has been expired
• a Line Chart to view Links Locations with Counter

Technologies Used

• C#
• ASP.NET Core
• Entity Framework Core
• MSSQL
• HTML/CSS
• Bootstrap
• jQuery
• Chart.js

Screen Shots

Installation

Prerequisites

• Visual Studio 2019 or later
• .NET Core SDK 3.1 or later
• MySQL Server 8.0 or later
• MySQL Workbench or any other MySQL client

Setup

1. Clone the repository to your local machine
2. Open the solution file UrlShortener.sln in Visual Studio
3. Open the appsettings.json file and set the ConnectionStrings:DefaultConnection value to your MySQL connection string
4. Open the Package Manager Console and run Update-Database to apply the database migrations
5. Build and run the application

Usage

1. Access the application using the URL http://localhost:5000
2. Sign up for an account or log in with an existing account
3. Shorten a URL using the "Shorten URL" button
4. Use the shortened URL to redirect to the original URL
5. View statistics for all shortened URLs on the "Statistics" page

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License