Project: URL Shortener Microservice and API

Introduction

An application that takes in a URL at an API endpoint and returns the short version after DNS evaluation.

Technologies

• JavaScript(ECMAScript 2015)

• NodeJS

• ExpressJS

• DNS Module

• MONGODB

URL SHORTENER - How it works

1. I can POST a URL to https://reagan-urlshort.glitch.me/api/shorturl/new 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.

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