A simple URL shortener.

Dec, 2021-*

sURL is a personal project to accomplish URL shortening and familarizing myself with Flask (API creation & route handling) & NoSQL database, SQLiteDict. The key-value data storage helps in achieving constant time short URL to long URL translation.

Usage

- Using the `form` below

- Using `curl`

curl --data "url=LONG_URL" https://surl.prashant.me

- Piping content to `curl`

echo "LONG_URL" | curl --data-urlencode url@- https://surl.prashant.me

- Create an `alias`

alias surl="curl --data-urlencode url@- https://surl.prashant.me"

```
echo "LONG_URL" | surl
```

Features

Accepts POST requests with 'url' as the field. (works with any systems without having to install any special tools).
Fast read operation (link translation).
Simple web form provided to communicate with the backend.

Restriction(s)

No illegal contents.

Retention

The links will be retained until I need more space in my server.

Changelog

Dec 30, 2021: Deployed at home server.

Contact Information

contact[at]prashant.me
Github [intern0t]
IRC@Libera [Scarecr0w]