README.md

url_shortener

WeeIt - URL Shortener application built using Django

Try Out The App : https://weeit.herokuapp.com/

Features of the application:-

• Able to short URL up to 200 characters long.
• Able to give custom unique shortcodes to the URLs.

Steps to run the application:- Assumption python 3 is installed properly

1. Clone this repository.
2. Open the folder created and open cmd in it.
3. Install virtual environment by pip install virtualenv
4. Create a virtual environment by virtualenv venv
5. Activate the virtual environment by venv\Scripts\activate
6. Install all the packages from requirments.txt file by pip install -r requirements.txt
7. Now create some User Environment Variables with names like.
   • DEBUG_VALUE(set value True for testing)
   • SECRET_KEY(set value to a newly generated secret key using secrets module in python using token_hex(24))
8. Change the value of WEEIT_URL to http://localhost:8000/ in setting.py file
9. Make migrations by python manage.py migrate
10. Create a superuser to admin testing by python manage.py createsuperuser and enter the details asked.
11. Then run the server by python manage.py runserver

Testing of Features:-

• Enter the long URL. Click on Short URL button, you will get the shortened URL.
• Click on New and enter any long URL again.
• Check on the Custom Shortcode checkbox and enter a uniques custom shortcode and click Short URL.
• You will get a short URL with your custom shortcode.