SirajChokshi/shorten

URL Shortener

Shorten (s5n)

CLI

Installation

1. After cloning the repo proceed to navigate to the cli/ directory

2. Install the CLI dependencies

pip install requirements.txt

3. Execute the following to make s5n.py executable, strip the .py extension and setup a global path for s5n

chmod +x s5n.py && mv s5n.py s5n && mkdir -p ~/bin && cp s5n ~/bin

5. Append this line to add ~/bin to your PATH in your .bash_profile or .zshrc and reload your shell.

export PATH=$PATH":$HOME/bin"

The s5n interface should be globally available.

Server

Server-side rendered application and REST API built with Flask/Jinja.

Getting Started

To get started add an environment variable in the app/ directory as such.

export FLASK_APP=app

To start the server in development mode:

export FLASK_ENV=development

Starting the Server

flask run