url-shortener

URL SHORTENER

The source repository for URL Shortener project.

It provides APIs for converting long URls into shorter URIs. For example:

Input URI: "https://www.google.com/"

Output URI: "vat.sl/1"

It also provides mechanism to fetch the original link from the short link.

The application has centralized exception handling using @ControllerAdvice.

The application uses SLF4J and logback for logging.

The application uses H2 db (in-memory DB).

The application is configured with graceful shutdown.

The application performs input validations.

Prerequisites to run the application:

Java 11

Gradle

Command to build application:

./gradlew build

Command to run application:

./gradlew bootRun

Command to run automated unit tests:

./gradlew test

After test execution, code coverage report can be found at:

build/reports/jacoco/test/html/index.html

To test APIs manually import the Postman collection located at:

src/main/resources/URL Shortener.postman_collection.json

Logging levels:

Change the desired levels in logback.xml and application.properties.

Graceful shutdown:

Server is configured with graceful shutdown period of 1 minute. To change, modify "spring.lifecycle.timeout-per-shutdown-phase=1m" property in applications.properties.

OpenAPI Documentation for REST APIs:

While application is running, open below links in the browser:

http://localhost:8080/projects/shortener/swagger-ui/index.html

http://localhost:8080/projects/shortener/v3/api-docs/