bft7658 / url-shortener

URL Shortener

Features

• Generate a short URL.
• Use the short URL to visit the original URL
• Click the copy button to copy the short URL directly.

Getting Start

Prerequisites

✅ Be sure that Node.js and npm are installed already.

Installing

✅ Clone or download the project to your folder

git clone https://github.com/bft7658/URL-Shortener.git

✅ Open Terminal to install the required packages

npm install

✅ Set environment variable

export MONGODB_URI = "<your URI>"

✅ Start the server after install finished

npm run dev

✅ Run the browser when your Terminal shows the link

App is running on http://localhost:3000

✅ Stop using browser by

Ctrl + c

Development Tools

• Node.js 16.14.0
• Express 4.17.3
• express-handlebars 4.0.2
• Bootstrap 5.1.3
• Font-awesome 5.8.1
• MongoDB
• mongoose 6.1.6