/FCC-URL-Shortener-Microservice

FCC URL Shortener Microservice

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Solution to URL Shortener Microservice from Free Code Camp

Challenge Link

Description

Build a full stack JavaScript app that is functionally similar to this: https://url-shortener-microservice.freecodecamp.rocks/.

Forked from

https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-project-urlshortener/

User Stories:

  • I can pass a URL as a parameter and I will receive a shortened URL in the JSON response.
  • If I pass an invalid URL that doesn't follow the valid http://www.example.com format, the JSON response will contain an error instead.
  • When I visit that shortened URL, it will redirect me to my original link

Valid URL format

http://www.example.com

Example Usage:

Example: POST [project_url]/api/shorturl - https://www.google.com [this_project_url]/api/shorturl/3

Example Output

{ "original_url": "https://www.google.com", "short_url": 1 }