sazzadhrz / awesome-shortener

A Django web app to create short urls.

Awesome Shortener

A simple URL Shortener tool.

Features

• Shorten a URL based on user's custom input.
• Shorten a URL on computers decision.
• No signup or login required!
• No expiration date! Create once and use lifelong.
• Analytics. Users can check how many times the short URL is visited.
• and many more....!!

Technologies Used

• Python
• Django
• Bootstrap

Required Modules:

• python
• asgiref
• Django
• pytz
• sqlparse

Installation

To install the application clone/download the repository first. Create a python virtual-environment using

python3 -m venv urls_venv

Activate the virtual-environment by using the command

source urls_venv/bin/activate

Now, move into the project directory and install the requirements from the requirements.txt file.

pip install -r requirements.txt

After installing the requirements, run the following commands

cd urlshortener
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

Voilà! Your awesome URL shortener is ready to use.

Enjoy!