A url shortener using azure functions and azure table storage
/lookup?slug={slug}&no_redir=true
slug (required)
The shortened url part
no_redir (optional)
Don't redirect, just return the full url in the body.
Location header to the url or {url} as plain/text in the body if not a url.
/shorten?code={azure function code}&url={url}&slug={slug}
code (required, depending on config)
The azure function code to access the function (if you set the azure function permissions not to be anonymous)
url (required)
The url to shorten (or plain text if it isn't a url)
slug (optional)
A custom slug to use instead of the auto-generated one.
<functions domain or CUSTOM_DOMAIN>/{slug} in the body as plain/text.
This redirects your custom domain to the lookup function passing through the slug and other query parameters.
e.g. https://example.com/d2t44Z proxies to https://myazurefunction.azurewebsites.net/api/lookup?slug=d2t44Z
or https://example.com/d2t44Z?no_redir=true proxies to https://myazurefunction.azurewebsites.net/api/lookup?slug=d2t44Z&no_redir=true
Default url of azure function. This will not usually be what you want.
You should set the custom domain to where the proxy directing away from.
Current I cannot get the proxy for the shorten url working so this is required otherwise the returned shotened url will be azure functions url.
Default 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Custom alphabet to generate for the slugs (note that you shouldn't use anythihng that will cause issues in urls!)
Default 6
The size of the generated slugs
Default 250
The maximum allowed length for user custom slugs
Default ^[\\d\\w-]+$
Regex for matching slugs to ensure users don't use unwanted characters
Default azure should set this to the storage the functions are hosted on
Connection string to the azure table storage
Default minimelons
The table of the azure table storage table to store the shortened urls in