Flask URL-Shortener
Live Demo (on a not-so-short URL)
Features
- Shortens URLs to a default 3-digit prefix using a random character and letter combination.
- Checks if the shortened URL already exists and attempt to re-run the code-generator until it finds an available combination.
- All data is stored in a single MySQL table.
- Case-sensitive. The database distinguishes between upper- and lower-case characters.
- A Stats page lists all the shortened URLs, and shows how many times a target link has been redirected.
- There is a button to automatically copy the shortened URL to clipboard.
- Has an option to use Recaptcha to prevent spambots.
Setup
- Create a virtualenv
- Install the requirements
pip install -r requirements.txt - Update settings.py with your own MySQL credentials
- Create the database in MySQL
CREATE DATABASE shortener; - Run
python create_db.pyto setup the table - Lastly, alter the MySQL table to allow case-sensitive characters:
ALTER TABLE url CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
Run the app with python main.py