README

Basic Setup

Clone this repo
Run bundle install on the command line

Database creation

I used the most basic setup for this exercise. This repo uses sqlite3, so it should work right out of the box.
run bundle exec rake db:create db:migrate on the command line

How to run the test suite

run rspec on the command line.

Make the request

I used curl to test this application, but feel free to use whatever you'd like.

Note:

I turned off Rails standard security check of verify_authenticity_token for ease of use.

Here is an example request:

curl -d '{"long_url":"https://kapost.com"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:3000/short_links

When you get your response body back in JSON form, copy the short_link and paste it into your browser. This will redirect you to your original long_url.

Notes

Some things I thought about but haven't built at this time:

A uniqueness check on the short_link and retry if it had happened to duplicate a previous ShortLink.
Sanitizing and validating the long_url on the way in.

awortham / url_shortener