URL shortener APP

URL shortener is cli application for generate,save and get from database short urls.

Features

• Generating a short link from a long link.
• Save you cuctom long and short links, then het long link from short

Installation

Clone git repository https://github.com/hitnik/url_shortener.git

git clone https://github.com/hitnik/url_shortener.git .
cd url_shortener

Install Python dependencies

python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt

 

cli application interface

 

Getting help

python main.py -h

Application use

To generate short url from long

python main.py <long url> --generate

To save long and short urls

python main.py <long url>  --generate --short_url <short url>

To get short url from long url

python main.py <short url>

 

application web interface (version > 2.0)

 

export FLASK_APP=main
export SECRET_KEY=<your_secret>
flask init-db
flask run --port=80

 

Access application at http://localhost