rishter / shorten

Coding test for Leverton

Backend Code Challenge for Leverton

Written by Rishikesh Tirumala

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Assumptions Made

• Any user with access to the index page can read, delete, or add new URLs.

Design Decisions and Technologies Used

• I'm using the Adler-32 checksum algorithm to create short urls.

Notes and Limitations

• I was unable to complete the front-end portion of the application due to a technical issue that took up much of my time. The REST API works on the /urls GET, POST, and DELETE endpoints. POST and DELETE take the String argument url.

Code Challenge

Shorten URL

• Build a Shorten URL application which allows to manage URLs.
• You should be able to add new URLs and delete existing ones.
• Each entry should map to an unique shorten URL and the application have to do a forwarding to the correct page.