/linkshortener

A link shortening app

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Link Shortener App

This is a simple link shortening app created using React and Bitly API.

Demo

Here's a live preview of the app

Technologies

  • Node v18

    Install from official site.

  • NPM.

      npm install npm@latest -g.
    
  • React v18

  • Bitly API v4

  • React-Copy-to-Clipboard

Installation

  1. Get API token and GUID from Bitly

  2. Clone the repo

     git clone https://github.com/amissah17/linkshortener
    
  3. Install NPM packages

     npm install
    
  4. Create .env in root folder.

  5. Enter Token and guid in .env

     REACT_APP_BITLY_TOKEN = 'enter your token key'
     REACT_APP_GUID = 'enter guid here'
    
  6. Start development Server

     npm start
    

Development

Read a tutorial on how I built this app

Licence

Distributed under the MIT License

Contact

Frank Amissah -Twitter

Project Link: GitHub