vishal-kumar-paswan / URL-Shortener-Backend

URL shortener backend made using Express.js and MongoDB Atlas.

URL Shortener - Backend

Shorten your long URLs using http://tinylink-io.vercel.app/

API Reference

1. Generate shorten URL

Make a POST request at http://tinylink-io.vercel.app/ with parameter url in the JSON.

Request Body

{
    "url": "www.yourwebsite.com"
}

Response Body

{
    "shortenURL": "https://tinylink-io.vercel.app/abc123"
}

2. Get URL from ID

Each shortened URL is generated with a unique ID. You can obtain the ID from the shortened URL - https://tinylink-io.vercel.app/thisIsYourId

You can use this ID to fetch the main URL from the backend. Make a GET request at https://tinylink-io.vercel.app/get-url/yourID. Replace yourID with the ID generated above.

Response Body

{
    "url": "https://www.yourwebsite.com"
}

3. Redirect to main URL.

Visit the main URL by clicking on the shortend URL - https://tinylink-io.vercel.app/:yourURLid

If the page does not exists, an error message is displayed.