Open source AWS s3 link shortener.
The free version has been shut down due to misuse.
lil.sh utilizes the ability to have a static website using the amazon s3 service and the ability to perform a 301 redirect using the metadata x-amz-website-redirect-location to perform redirects. The idea is that you put a blank object with that metadata into a static s3 website and you have a link shortener!
lil.sh then uses the AWS Api gateway for a way for users can create their own short urls by wrapping this method onto an API. We then create a frontend which in this case is separated onto the domain https://get.lil.sh.
There are 3 primary parts to get lil.sh to work. The backend (the link shortener), the frontend get.lil.sh and the API api.lil.sh.
The backend exists under templates/backend.yml you can deploy this using AWS cloudformation either via CLI or the console. This also deploys the frontend static website aswell.
the api is deployed using serverless framework which you can deploy using the command
sls deploy -s prodthe api also using a cloudformation template for teh custom domain. Which lives under templates/api-domain.yml.
You can run tests for the api by first installing dependencies
pip install -r api/requirements-dev.txtand then running the tests using pytest
python -m pytest api/testsThe API can be used publicly but isn't really supported feel free to use it if you figure it out but use it appropriately.
Github actions is used for CICD. You can replicate it quite easily by forking the repo.
There is no real dev environment for this as its hard to create without excess work. So be careful when raising PR's.
I am not a frontend designer I know its pretty shoddy code.
- Big Shout out to https://github.com/ofnullable/react-spa-template for the template for the frontend
- Moto is used for mocking S3 testing