URL Shortener

Build and protect your brand using powerful, recognizable short links. It is built with Python and Django Rest Framework.

Docs

Frontend

Link to repository

Features

• Keeps count of how many times each URL is followed.
• Random and String Modules were implemented to generate the token for the original URL.
• URL Length: Shortened URL are combination of numbers(0-9) and characters(a-Z) of length 5.
• Stats of URLs that have been shortened

Installation

To get it running on your local machine, follow the steps below:

1. Run the commands below in your terminal:

git clone git@github.com:israelabraham/url-shortener-backend.git

2. Change directory to url-shortener-backend:

cd url-shortener-backend

3. Install the requirements with the command below:

pipenv install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the development server with

python manage.py runserver

5. Launch your browser and navigate to:

http://127.0.0.1:8000