Create a project "API in DRF for shortening urls" - something like URL Shortener, Branded Short Links & Analytics | TinyURL, but just the API.
The project should allow you to:
👉 create a shortened urls, that is, for example, you put
http://example.com/very-very/long/url/even-longer and in return you get a short url generated by the API, such as http://localhost:8000/shrt/%5C%60
👉 expansion of the shortened url to the original one, which is the inverse of the previous operation.
Below I describe Linux workflow for running this project, any search engine should be able to find you a Windows or Mac equivalents. Feeling incapable? Try Chat GPT!
Wake me up:
python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
Before you go-go:
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd url_api
python manage.py runserver
This is when you can use API at (given by django app itself) address, most likely: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
"Wait, it's not working, what have I doneee!?"
It's ok, it's ok. Path "/" is not available because this is just an API, not a full page, so you probably actually want: http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/
For creating a new short url (POST requests only): http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/create
This API method requires a string (aka, text in "quotes") in it's application/json body
For retrieving a long url from previously created short url (GET requests only): http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/find
This API method requires a query string (NOT in "quotes" this time): shrt=your_short_url, so you should call for example http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/find/?shrt=http://127.0.0.1:8000/shrt/12345678
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo:
Ctrl + C
deactivate