URL Shortener - API

Service responsible for the URL shortener

Setup

Local Setup

Rest API

POST / (Create)

create a new URL based on originalUrl

Request

{
  "full": "https://www.yoursite.com/your-path/your-page"
}

Response

{
  "status": true,
  "data": {
    "uuid": "0b354e7c-3d7a-4a42-94ea-135e7d20cd7d",
    "short": "hRYzMtjx",
    "full": "https://www.yoursite.com/your-path/your-page",
    "createdAt": "2020-07-30T21:37:16.321Z",
    "clicks": 0
  }
}

GET /{CODE} (Open URL)

Open the originalUrl based on code

Request

GET http://localhost:3000/hRYzMtjx

Response

It redirects to the originalUrl

Deploy

This service is using AWS lambda with the serveless Caludia

Configure your AWS access credentials

To accomplish this you need to:

• Create an AWS profile with IAM full access, Lambda full access and API Gateway Administrator privileges.
• Add the keys to your .aws/credentials file:

  [default]
  aws_access_key_id = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
  aws_secret_access_key = YOUR_ACCESS_SECRET