README.md

URL Shortener

A simple URL shortener written in Go.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

Things you need on your machine.

• Go
• Any text editor or IDE

Installing

Clone the repository to your local machine.

git clone https://github.com/timpratim/url-shortener.git

Change into the project directory:

cd url-shortener

Build the project:

go build

Run the project:

go run main.go

Usage

• Shortening a URL To shorten a URL, make a POST request to http://localhost:8080/shorten with a JSON payload containing the original URL:

curl -X POST -d "url=https://twitter.com/BhosalePratim" http://localhost:8080/shorten

• The response will be a JSON object containing the short URL:

{"short_url":"http://localhost:8080/abc123"}

Redirecting to the Original URL

To redirect to the original URL, make a GET request to the short URL:

This will redirect you to the original URL.

Built With

Go - The programming language.

Authors

Pratim Bhosale