Serverless URL Shortener

Deploy your own based on bendechrai code

but without tracking clicks or IPs for enhanced privacy compliance

Vecel and Fauna accounts

Clone and deploy!

push

Now run the following in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/gurugeek/serverless-url-shortener-redirector.git
cd url-shortener
now --prod

Integrate Fauna into Zeit

Create a new Fauna Database called url-shortener;
Add the Fauna Integration into your Vercel account;
Create a new Fauna Database Server Key for your new database and copy the key;
Create one collection in the database, called redirects;
In the redirects collection, create an index called all_redirects, set the Terms field toshortcoded; and
Paste this key into Vercels's Fauna Integration setup when prompted, and link the Fauna database with the new Vercel project created during deployment.

Managing redirects

One at a time

Head to the redirects collection, click on New Document, and enter something in the following format:

{
  "shortcode": "twitter",
  "dest": "https://twitter.com"
}

Multiples

If you are migrating from another system, you can generate a script that looks like this:

Create(Collection("redirects"), { data: { "shortcode": "contact", "dest": "https://bendechrai.com/contact/" } });
Create(Collection("redirects"), { data: { "shortcode": "github", "dest": "https://github.com/bendechrai" } });
Create(Collection("redirects"), { data: { "shortcode": "linkedin", "dest": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/bendechrai/" } });
Create(Collection("redirects"), { data: { "shortcode": "twitter", "dest": "https://twitter.com/bendechrai" } });
Create(Collection("redirects"), { data: { "shortcode": "youtube", "dest": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5SDWGg5Wa1ptwFF1EXQPg" } });

Take this, and paste it into the Fauna Web Shell.

Default redirect

If you go to the base URL of your URL Shortener (i.e. https://url-shortener.yourname.now.sh/), this system will look for a shortcode of __default__. Creating a record like this will let you set the destination for this scenario:

{
  "shortcode": "__default__",
  "dest": "https://bendechrai.com"
}

Duplicates

Currently, this redirector will fail if the shortcode cannot be found, or it is found more than once.

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