URL Shortener

A simple URL shortener service written in Go.

Features

• Shorten long URLs to compact links
• Redirect short links to original URLs
• RESTful API endpoints
• In-memory storage (can be extended)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go 1.18 or newer

Installation

git clone https://github.com/bash06/url-shortener.git
cd url-shortener
go build -o url-shortener

Usage

Start the server:

./url-shortener

By default, the server runs on localhost:8080.

Docker

To run this service with docker rename the docker-compose.example file into docker-compose.yml and edit it to your liking. Then run docker-compose up

(you can add -d to detach the image from your terminal and run it in the background)

API Endpoints

• POST /shorten
  Shorten a URL.
  Request:
  json { "url": "https://example.com" } Response:
  json { "short_url": "http://localhost:8080/abc123" }

• GET /{short_code}
  Redirects to the original URL.

Configuration

You can configure the server port and other settings via environment variables or the config.toml file. Every available config option is explained in the config.example.toml file

License

MIT License

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