URL Shortner Microservice

Introduction

It is an url shortner microservice api.It is useful in shrinking long string of url to a number.This microservice is only for learning purpose . Here is a Live Version

Dependancies Used

1. Express
2. Mongodb
3. Mongoose
4. Cors
5. Body Parser
6. Dotenv

User Stories

1. I can POST a URL to []/ and I will receive a shortened URL in the JSON response. Example : {"original_url":"www.google.com","short_url":1}
2. If I pass an invalid URL that doesn't follow the valid http(s)://www.example.com(/more/routes) format, the JSON response will contain an error like {"error":"invalid URL"}.
3. When I visit the shortened URL, it will redirect me to my original link.

Creation Example:

POST [project_url]/- body (urlencoded) : url=https://www.google.com

Usage:

[this_project_url]/3

Will redirect to:

https://www.google.com/