URL Shortner API

Built with

This URL Shortner Backend is built with Node, Express, Mongoose & Short-Unique-Id

Working Methodology

• Schema Contains three property named longUrl, shortUrlCode, visitCount
• LongUrl used to keep the record of provided Long URL
• shortUrlcode is created in create request. shortUrlCode is unique generated by short-unique-id. It's ten length long
• shortUrlCode is appended to the last of generated short URL and acts as a unique identifier
• shortUrlCode can be used to get statistics in the name of longUrl, visitedCount and creation Date in find/:shortcode/stat request
• A new record created in create request with provided long Url & instantly generated shortUrlCode
• visitsCount keeps count record of total redirection to main URL from short URL for a record
• visitsCount increases by one while a new redirection occurs

Build Setup

Requires Node.js 18.12.1+

# install dependencies
npm install 

# to start server
npm start

# to start in development mode
npm run dev