URL Minifier

API that allows creating shorter URLs for any project.

In many cases, some URLs that we want to share, or directly from our own project, are excessively long and verbose. With this application, users can obtain a concise version of a URL through a straightforward HTTP POST request.

The application provides two distinct interfaces. On one hand, there is the Visual interface located at the root URL /, which renders a web page with a form for entering the URL to be shortened. On the other hand, the application exposes a public JSON API, enabling the integration of third-party applications with the same objective.

The entire application is written entirely in Go.

Overview

System

Features

• The user is able to obtain a shortened URL through a graphical interface
• The user is able to obtain a minified URL through a JSON API
• The user is able to check the original URL based on a given secret key.
• The user is able to remove the minified URL based on a given secreat

Exposed API

Endpoint	HTTP Verb	Request Body	Action
/{url_key}	GET		Forwards to target URL
/api/url	POST	Your target URL	Creates URL
/api/url/{secret_key}	GET		Retrieves URL information
/api/url/{secret_key}	DELETE		Removes URL
/api/admin	POST	Secret password	Retrives list of URLs

Getting Started

Setup

1. Install Go v1.21 or above
2. Create a .env file in the root of the project with the variables listed below
3. Run go mod download to install all the dependencies
4. Run go build -o app to compile the project
5. Run ./app to run the server from the created binary file

Environment Variables

• DB_URI: MongoDB connection URI connection
• PORT: Port in which the project will run

Tech stack

• Built with Go v1.23
• Uses the godotenv package
• Uses the mongo-driver package
• Uses the server-toolkit package