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URL Shortener

This is a simple Bash script that shortens a given URL using the is.gd URL shortening service. The script takes a long URL as input and returns a shortened version of the URL.

Features

  • Shortens URLs using the is.gd service.
  • Displays the shortened URL with color formatting in the terminal.
  • Uses figlet to display a stylized title.

Prerequisites

  • Bash: This script runs in a Bash environment.
  • curl: Used to make HTTP requests to the is.gd API. It should be pre-installed on most Unix-like systems.
  • figlet: Used to display the title in a stylized format. Install it using the following commands:
  • jq - For handling URL encoding (optional, if your URLs contain special characters)

Installing figlet

  • On Ubuntu/Debian: 
    sudo apt-get install figlet

Installing jq

  • On Ubuntu/Debian: 
     sudo apt-get install jq

Usage

  1. Clone the repository (or create the script file):
git clone https://github.com/OsamaRab3/Coding-Challenges.git

cd Coding-Challenges/URL\ Shortener
  1. Make the script executable:
chmod +x short.sh
  1. Run the script with a URL to shorten:
./short.sh "https://github.com/OsamaRab3"
  1. The script will output the shortened URL in green, and you can click on the link to be redirected to the original URL.

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