/Shortify

A URL shortening webapp made with Nodejs, Express and MongoDB.

Primary LanguageEJS

Shortify

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  • A URL shortening webapp made with Nodejs, Express and MongoDB.

  • You have to provide the full URL and this webapp will convert it into its corresponding small URL.

  • Uses shortid package (shortid creates amazingly short non-sequential url-friendly unique ids).

Installation


  • Clone the repo in your local machine:-
$ git clone https://github.com/GargiChakraverty/Shortify.git
  • Then inside terminal install node_modules by:-
$ npm install
  • Make a .env file in your root directory and paste your MongoDB connection string there.

  • Finally run on terminal:-

$ npm start
  • Go to localhost:5000