mdvsh / mdvsh.co

A dead simple URL shortener web app.

mdvsh.co

or, shawrty

A dead simple URL shortener web app. Running here.

I adapted the styles of Exun's old link shortener (exun.co) for the user dashboard and the .authorized file to enable multi-user access to the app.

This project is written in TypeScript using Express, EJS and Prisma.

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Setup

1. Clone the repo and install dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/pseudocodenerd/mdvsh.co
cd mdvsh.co
npm install

2. Rename .env.sample to .env and fill appropriately.

3. Create a .authorized filed with emails of users allowed to access the web-app on new lines.

4. Obtaining Google Cloud Credentials for OAuth.

   • Add an API to your google developer's console (preferably Google+ API).
   • Configure an OAuth consent screen with the correct details.
   • Create a client id with correct Authorised Redirect URIs, here:
     • http://localhost:3000/shawrty/auth (dev)
     • https://<your-domain>.com/shawrty/auth (production)
   • Download the client_secret.json file from your console and place it in the root of the directory.

5. Run the following command to instantiate the PrismaClient.

npx prisma generate

6. . . and you're done.

npm run start
$ > mdvsh.co@1.0.0 dev 
$ > ts-node src/app.ts
$ 🚀 Server ready at: http://localhost:3000

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