bharath-kumarn / url_shortener

An URL Shortener with Basic Features.

Simple Url Shortener

What is that?

Yet another url shortener built with Django framework.

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HOW TO RUN?

1. Virtual Environment

First create a virtual environment by running this command.

$ python -m venv .venv

Add your SECRET_KEY to the end of the .venv/bin/activate file.

...
export SECRET_KEY="ThiSIsMyDjanGoSeCreTKey"

Activate your virtual environment

$ source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies via pip

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Migrations

Django can create migrations for you. Simply run these commands to create migrations and migrate:

$ python manage.py makemigrations shortener
$ python manage.py migrate

3. Run Server

Run this command to start development server on your computer:

$ python manage.py runserver

You may access the server at http://localhost:8000/ by default.

TODO:

• Add AJAX to front end
• Make responsive
• Url previews and Twitter summary cards support
• Improve analytics

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