rmhulle/throw-me

A url shortener made with nextjs and postgresql database operated with Prisma

Throw-Me

A url shortener (pretty straight forward)

Made with-

• nextJS
• prisma
• postgresql
• chakra UI

deployed on

• App on vercel
• Database on heroku

Api

Create the url in the db

Send a post request to https://throw-me.now.sh/api/create/ with body as:

{
  "url": "https://google.com/",
  "name": "google"
}

Create with JavaScript ajax

var url = "https://throw-me.now.sh/api/create/";

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("POST", url);

xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");

xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
   if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
      console.log(xhr.status);
      console.log(xhr.responseText);
   }};

var data = `{
  "url": "https://google.com/",
  "name": "google"
}`;

xhr.send(data);

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Get the url from the db

Send a post request to https://throw-me.now.sh/api/get/ with body as:

{
  "name": "theName"
}

Get with JavaScript ajax

var url = "https://throw-me.now.sh/api/get/";

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("POST", url);

xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");

xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
   if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
      console.log(xhr.status);
      console.log(xhr.responseText);
   }};

var data = `{
  "name": "google"
}
`;

xhr.send(data);

Parameters For The Api

• the url has a limit of 200 characters
• the name has a limit of 20 characters