URL-shortener

URL shortener API similiar to those known as TinyURL or Bitly. The application creates and stores a shorter version of original URL. It also provides an interface to obtain original URL in exchange of the shorter URL.

Author

• shorv

TechStack

• SpringBoot
• Redis
• Gradle
• Docker

API Endpoints

Shorten URL

POST /api/v1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "url": "https://github.com/shorv"
}

RESPONSE: HTTP 201 (Created)
Location header: http://localhost:8080/api/v1/{hash}

Response

{
    "hash": "f8a22ca8"
}

Retrieve URL

http://localhost:8080/f8a22ca8

Response:
  Success: HTTP 301 (Moved permamently)
  Failure: HTTP 404 (Not found)