URL Shortener

A simple Express.js project that shortens URLs with user authentication using JWT.

Features

• User signup/login
• Shorten URLs
• Redirect from short links
• Session via cookies

Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB
• EJS

Setup

git clone https://github.com/akshW88/url-shortener.git
cd url-shortener
npm install

Create a .env file in root dir with

JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret_key

Have MongoDB run locally at

mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/short-url-project
npm start