Getting Started

Feature Of URL Shortner

• it will ask for a valid long url.
• url shortner will generate a short url.
• Once that generated link will be clicked, it will redirect to the original long url.
• Users can also set the Expiry date.
• The shorten link will only be valid till the expiry date.
• Cron Job scheduled for cleaning of all expired urls.

Technology used:-

• Programming Language - python
• Web Framework (Backend) - Django Rest Framework
• Web Framework (Frontend) - React
• Database - PostgreSql
• Server - Gunicorn instead of Wsgi
• Docker, Docker-compose

How to Clone and run locally

git clone https://github.com/demin13/urlshortner.git

Web Framework (Backend)

To Build Image
# docker build -t url:urlshortner .

To up the container in detached mode using docker-compose
# docker-compose up -d
# docker-compose up -d --build  ## to rebuild the container

To execute the container in bash mode
# docker exec -it urlcontainer bash

To makemigration
python manage.py makemigrations

To migrate
python manage.py migrate

To run the gunicorn server instead of wsgi(django inbuilt)
# gunicorn -c gunicorn_config.py SHORTENURL.wsgi:application

Web Framework (Frontend)

# git clone https://github.com/demin13/urlfrontend.git

To generate self signed SSL/TLS

For localhost
# openssl req -x509 -nodes -new -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 -subj "/C=US/ST=State/L=City/O=Organization/CN=localhost"


For domain
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -days 365 -nodes -subj "/CN=yourdomain.com"

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