Python Flask URL Shortner
It shortens URL's in a Python Flask website
Python URL Shortner
I was wondered in how much time I could build a URL shortner. Long long long long long ago I build a URL shortner in PHP.
It was a massive hit but the servers died on it because of the high traffic and I just could not affort faster servers and more bandwidth.
I think it took me a week or 2 to build the PHP version of the URL shortner. I'm all into Python the last few years and I wanted to see how long it would take me to build a version in Python. Just the most raw version of it. No bling bling webpage, just a simpel working version.
I build this under 45 minutes. Could have been faster, but my cat needed some petting every now and then, she is quite coercive 😺
Installation
You need to librairies for this to work.
pip install Flask
pip install validators
I would suggest to install and use these in an python sandboxed environment.
Usage example
For the first usage you need the database (you can reuse mine or throw mine away 'short.db') and create a new database
python create_db.py
You will get an error if my 'short.db' is still there. Delete it first if you don't want to use it.
Then!
python py-url-shortner.py
This will run the Flask websetup on 127.0.0.1:5000
You got it running!
Release History
- 0.0.1
- First version!
Backlog items
- More beautiful frontend
- API for shortening urls
- Weekly mail with statistics
- Google connection for fraud signaling
Meta
iTheo van der Sluijs – @itheo_nl – theo@vandersluijs.nl
Contributing
- Fork it (https://github.com/yourname/yourproject/fork)
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/fooBar) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some fooBar') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/fooBar) - Create a new Pull Request