adisamicheal / url-shortener-api

An open source url shortener api

Node.js x Typescript x Express x MongoDB URL Shortner APi

An open source url shorner that works like the popular url shorteners available on the web. This api takes a long URL and converts it into a short URL with a URLId attached to it. It also keeps track of the number of times a generated short url have been clicked.

Run this Project on your local Machine

Clone this project

git clone https://github.com/adisamicheal/url-shortener-api

NPM

Insall dependencies

npm install

Start local server

npm start

YARN

Insall dependencies

yarn install

Start local server

yarn start

Create a .env file to store environment variables APP_MONGODB_URL APP_PORT API_URL