/harivilasp-url-shortner-go

Primary LanguageGo

url-shortner-go

Backend

  1. Redis for Caching : redis-server
  2. PostgresSQL for storing URL mappings

Client

  1. SwiftUI for the app
  2. CoreData to store url mappings locally on client side

API Endpoints

  • /create-short-url, which is a POST request validates and creates a short url from long url and user id passed to it

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:9098/create-short-url' \
--header 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
--data-raw '{
    "long_url": "https://amazon.com",
    "user_id" : "e0dba740-fc4b-497872c-d360239e"
}
'

Sample Response (200 Status Code):

{
    "message": "short url created successfully",
    "short_url": "http://localhost:9098/re/SwwSgzBe"
}

  • /re/:shortUrl, which is a GET request redirecting to the shortUrl mapping present in DB/Cache

Client Side

User can generate the short links and also can view past links they have shortened

References: Building an URL shortener in Go