jarques/David

An (extremely) basic URL shortener built on Goliath

david - An (extremely) basic URL shortener built on Goliath

David is small proof of concept of a short url service built using Goliath and Redis.

Installation

David requires Goliath and Redis.

To get Goliath up and running, install Ruby 1.9.2:

$> gem install rvm
$> rvm install 1.9.2
$> rvm use 1.9.2

Install Goliath:

$> gem install goliath

I use Homebrew, so to install redis using homebrew:

$> brew install redis
$> gem install redis

Running David

Make sure your redis server is running, to get david up and running simply run the following in the directory:

$> ruby david.rb -sv

You can set environment variables as well as deamonizing the server.

$> ruby david.rb -d -eprod

Some notes

As of this writing, David is still pretty dumb. I currently haven't added a way to add new URLs nor track clicks. A proper redirecting should be in place, too.

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