ZipLink

Shorten URLs with ease, powered by MongoDB

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Quick start

• You will need to have Node.js installed, this project has been tested with Node versions 12.X, 14.X and 16.X.

# clone this repo
$ git clone https://github.com/ishaanSh06/ZipLink.git
# go to ZipLink dir
$ cd ZipLink
# copy .env.template to .env (edit it according to your needs)
$ cp .env.template .env

Now, go to .env file and change the MONGO URL & DATABASE, with your own:

mongo_url = mongodb://${MONGO_USERNAME}:${MONGO_PASSWORD}@${MONGO_HOST}:${MONGO_PORT}
DB = ZipLink # Database Name

# Install dependencies
$ npm install
# Start the server
$ npm start

• Open http://localhost:8080 in your DEFAULT browser

API

Shorten A URL

curl -X 'GET' 'https://ziplink.cleverapps.io/api/shorten?url=https://google.com/' -H 'accept: application/json'

This produces a shortened URL, with a random alias, by a GET request to ZipLink.

Shorten A URL WITH CUSTOMIZED ALIAS

curl -X 'GET' 'https://ziplink.cleverapps.io/api/shorten?url=https://google.com/&alias=google' -H 'accept: application/json'

This produces a shortened URL, with a custom alias (in this case google), by a GET request to ZipLink.

Delete A URL WITH ACCESS KEY

curl -X 'GET' 'https://ziplink.cleverapps.io/short/delete?accessKey=${url key}' -H 'accept: application/json'

This deletes a short URL, produced from ZipLink. Make sure to provide the access key.

Moreover, you can check out the API documentation live here (Swagger).

Self Hosting

To self-host ZipLink, just follow these steps.

Live Demos

https://ziplink.cleverapps.io/

License

BSD 3-Clause License

Copyright (c) 2023, Ishaan S.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
   this software without specific prior written permission.

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