trozans-trap / link-shortner

NodeJs based API to shorten long URL using valid-url & shortid

Link Shortner Api (Try in POSTMAN or any other)

Base Links:

https://shorte-links.herokuapp.com/shorten (Hosted Link)
localhost:4000/shorten (Local Host)

Method: POST

Body(json) (put link to be shortened in place of URL):

{
"longUrl":"URL"
}
Response (use shortedurl (recieved in shortUrl in respnse ) in browser):

{
"_id": "5ebab83d2929180004dc7a0b",
"longUrl": "URL",
"shortUrl": "shortedurl",
"urlCode": "c5STyj2la",
"date": "Tue May 12 2020 14:52:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)",
"__v": 0
}

Dependencies:

"body-parser": "^1.19.0",
"express": "^4.17.1",
"mongoose": "^5.9.13",
"shortid": "^2.2.15",
"valid-url": "^1.0.9",
"nodemon": "^2.0.3"