lsimmons2 / url-shortener

url shortener made with Python/Flask and MySQL

URL Shortener

Starting up

1. git clone https://github.com/lsimmons2/url-shortener.git
2. cd url-shortener
3. pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Make sure MySQL is running
5. source path/to/url-shortener/setup_db.sql; in mysql shell (or wherever you prefer to administer MySQL)
6. python run.py

Using

POST to the `/shorten` endpoint with you url in form data:
`curl -X POST -F 'url=https://facebook.com' http://localhost:5000/shorten`

The response will be:
The shortened URL http://localhost:5000/s/1 has been created from your original URL https://facebook.com.

Navigate to http://localhost:5000/s/1 and you will be redirected to https://facebook.com