An example URL shortener using Python and Redis.
This is intended to be a demonstration of a URL shortener which can be reasonably implemented on a whiteboard in under an hour.
More information in the blog post.
Clone this repo and make a virtualenv:
mkvirtualenv shorten
If you don't have the mkvirtualenv command then you probably need to install Virtualenvwrapper and try again.
Next, make sure you're in the repo's root directory and your new virtualenv is activated. Install the python requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Now make sure you have Redis installed and running. For example, via Homebrew:
brew install redis
redis-server
Finally, you can kick off the server by simply runing any of the files with python:
python iteration1.py
You can then see the output by visiting localhost:5000.
Additionally, you can run the tests for a file with Nose like so:
nosetests iteration5.py