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URL tracking service

URL Tracking and Redirection Service

Overview

This service is designed as a proxy to facilitate URL tracking and redirection. When users click on a shortened URL, this service captures their user-agent and IP address, logs this information, and then redirects them to the intended destination URL. This is particularly useful for analytics and tracking the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

How It Works

1. Shortened URL Creation: A user creates a shortened URL using an external service (like bit.ly). This shortened URL points to this proxy service with specific query parameters (ref_code and dst) that include the destination URL and an optional reference code for tracking purposes.

2. Data Capture: When the shortened URL is accessed, the service captures the following information from the user's request:

   • IP address
   • User-Agent
   • Reference code (if provided)
   • Timestamp of the access
   • Destination URL

3. Redirection: After logging the data, the service redirects the user to the actual destination URL specified in the dst parameter.

4. Logging: All captured data is appended to a text file, which can be used for further analysis.

Usage

To use this service:

1. Ensure your application is running and accessible via a public IP or domain.
2. Generate a shortened URL using a service like bit.ly that points to http://[your-service-url]/info?ref_code=[optional-ref-code]&dst=[destination-url].
3. Distribute the shortened URL. When accessed, user data will be logged, and they will be redirected to the destination URL.

Example URL:

http://your-service-url/info?ref_code=123&dst=http%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.com

Logs

Logs are stored in a text file user_data.txt within the project directory.