Snip - A url shortener application

SNIP is a backend server for a URL shortener application. It's built using Express.js and Node.js, with MongoDB as the NoSQL database. Users can submit a title and URL to create short links. Hosted on Railway.

Snip frontend Repo ↗

Tech Stack

Client: Next.js, TailwindCSS

Server: Node.js, Express.js

Database: MongoDB

Highlight: Used SSR, CSR, NextAuth (Google)

API Reference

Create a url

  POST /url

Body	Type	Description
`title`	`string`	Required. A title related to url
`url`	`string`	Required. Url

Created short url

  GET /url/:shortId

Parameter	Type	Description
`shortId`	`string`	Required. short id created after Post

Get analytics (how many vist on shorten url)

  GET /url/analytics/:shortId

Parameter	Type	Description
`shortId`	`string`	Required. short id created after Post

Get all url created by a user

  GET /url/all-urls/:id

Parameter	Type	Description
`:id`	`string`	Required. Id of logged in user

Run Locally

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/aakashvani/snip-server.git

Install dependencies

  npm install

Start the server

  npm run start