URL_shortener

A simple url-shortener based on Flask and Redis.

How to use:

1. Install requirements.txt (you also have to install redis-server on your machine)
2. python serv.py
3. Now you are able to test an app!

Example on create_url:

    curl \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --request POST \
    --data '{"full_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/yakalmar/", "url_life":1}' \
    localhost:8080/create_url

Here you pass full_url as a URL you want to shrink and url_life as an amount of time (in days) for URL to exist (default - 90 days).

The output is:

Shortened URL for https://www.linkedin.com/in/yakalmar/ is: /U9xshKw

Here is an example of GET request previously shrinked URL:

    curl \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --request GET \
    localhost:8080/U9xshKw

Or you can simply follow the link localhost:8080/U9xshKw in your browser.