abhinavmall / url-shortener-microservice

API Project 4

FreeCodeCamp API Basejump: URL Shortener Microservice

User stories:

1. I can pass a URL as a parameter and I will receive a shortened URL in the JSON response.
2. If I pass an invalid URL that doesn't follow the valid http://www.example.com format, the JSON response will contain an error instead.
3. When I visit that shortened URL, it will redirect me to my original link.

Example creation usage:

https://url-shortener-62805.herokuapp.com/add/https://techcrunch.com/

Example creation output:

{"original_url":"https://techcrunch.com/","short_url":"https://url-shortener-62805.herokuapp.com/44f6536"}

Usage:

https://url-shortener-62805.herokuapp.com/44f6536

Will redirect to:

https://techcrunch.com/

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