URL-Shortener

A free, URL shortener service, where you can enter a URL and get a shortened version, for better readability.

Installation

• Clone or download the repo.
• Open terminal and navigate to URL-Shortener folder.
• Run pipenv shell to enter virtual environment (or virtual environment of your choice)
• Run pipenv install to install dependencies

Usage

• Run in the pipenv shell terminal pipenv run dev or python server.py to launch
• Run docker-compose up to run server
• Go to localhost:5000 to view
• enter url you want to shorten
• enter the 3 figured code into the url bar e.g. localhost:5000/Dtg
• click the link to redirect you to your chosen web page

Future implementation

• Have link returned take you directly to correct webpage
• Do the redirection work without middle page
• Add url check to the input
• Make link that appears a clickable button that copy the link
• Deploy in Heroku