binshi / urlshortenerheroku

Play-Scala-Potgres based URL Shortener service with Heroku deployment

Versions

• Play version: 2.1.3
• JDK version: 1.7.0_79
• Scala version: 2.10
• Postgres version: 9.4.5
• Uses anorm and evolutions to create tables

Repo and deployment

• Git repository: https://github.com/binshi/URLShortenerHeroku
• Heroku deployment: https://urlshortenerplay.herokuapp.com/

Endpoints

The user input form that accepts a user-specified url (original or shortened) and has a submit and display button.

• [Submit click]: When user inputs original URL and hits the submit button, shortened URL is presented to the user.
• [Short url click]: When the user clicks on the shortened URL he is taken to the website of the original url.
• [Display click]: When user inputs shortened URL and hits the display button, the ipaddress and hits for the shortened url are presented to the user.

Code

Model

• URL.scala: Maps to shortURL table in database. Contains algorithm to shorten URL
• Users.scala: Maps for users table in database.

Controller

• Application.scala: Controller for submit, display and short url to orginal url actions

Views

• index.scala.html: User input form with submit and display buttons. Also used for presenting results
• redirect.scala.html: Redirects to original url page when clicked on short url

evolutions/default

• 1.sql: Creates database tables shorturl and users via anorm