bashor / github-urlshortener

A extremely simple/hackish github static url shortener. It uses the permalink markup in Github Pages' files to create url-friendly files which redirect to a desirable url.

#github-urlshortener#

github-urlshortener is a extremely simple/hackish github static url shortener. It uses the permalink markup in Github Page' files to create url-friendly files which redirect to a desirable url.

##Usage##

1. Create a config.txt file containing the initial desirable start number (example: 10000)

2. Edit the shorturl.py BASE_URL constant:

   BASE_URL = # your website base url

3. Set the origin git remote of the current repository to your github pages repository url:

   git remote set-url origin remote-url

   Make sure the repository has no git history.

4. Run the shorturl script passing the original url as parameter:

   $ python shorturl.py https://github.com/felipeborges/github-urlshortener

   $ http://feborg.es/q16