shrink

Introduction

Shrink is a URL shorter.

Frontend: ReactJS + Material-UI.

Backend: Rails + Postgresql.

I've created a sample in heroku. Please check: https://shrink-sample.herokuapp.com/.

Installation

Prerequisites

You need to make sure Ruby and NodeJS was installed.

~$ node -v
v8.2.1

~$ ruby -v
ruby 2.3.3p222 (2016-11-21 revision 56859) [x86_64-darwin16]

Setup

get source

git clone https://github.com/keegoo/shrink.

resolve dependencies

# UI dependencies
~$ cd shrink/client
~$ npm install

# Backend dependencies
~$ cd shrink/
~$ bundle install

# Build UI
~$ cd shrink/client
~$ ./node_modules/.bin/webpack -p

# Migrarte DB
~$ rails db:migrate

start server

~$ cd shrink
~$ rails s

done

Open 127.0.0.1:3000 to take a look!

notes

Input the URL say http://www.facebook.com in the TextField. Then type enter in the keyboard. A new shorten URL will be generated.

Visit 127.0.0.1:3000/<shorten-URL>, then you'll be redirected to the original URL. The Visits in the Dashboard for that URL will increase 1.

The method used to shorten URL is:

1. store original URL into DB.
2. get the ID in the DB table.
3. convert ID into 62 based. So the IDs from 1 to 62 will simply transfer to single digit number([0..9, a..z, A..Z]).