https://github.com/aditeyabaral/redirector

A simple link redirecting service built using Flask
https://github.com/aditeyabaral/redirector

flask flask-sqlalchemy python3 redirect-urls redirecting-requests sqlalchemy

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A simple link redirecting service built using Flask

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aditeyabaral/redirector
• Owner: aditeyabaral
• Created: 2021-02-26T12:31:44.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-10-01T06:59:09.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-28T22:11:38.664Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Topics: flask, flask-sqlalchemy, python3, redirect-urls, redirecting-requests, sqlalchemy
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://goto-link.herokuapp.com
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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# redirector

Redirector is a simple link redirecting service. Built using Flask and SQLAlchemy, it aims to provide a way to shorten and redirect links but usually fails at the former. 

# How to use Redirector?

## Creating redirecting links

Since I'm awful at making pretty interfaces, creation of redirection links can currently only take place using POST requests.

Use the following Python script to make a POST request and create your link.

```Python

import sys

import requests

params = {

    "source_url" = sys.argv[1],

    "alias_url" = sys.argv[2]

}

response = requests.post("https://goto-link.herokuapp.com/register", data=params)

print(str(response.content))

```

Execute the above script using

```bash

python3 source_url alias_url

```

Example, use

```bash

python3 https://github.com/ git

```

## Accessing redirecting links

You can access an alias link using `goto-link/alias_name`

# Why use Redirector?

* Open Source

Yup, that's the only advantage I can think of.

# Why not to use Redirector?

* The alias links may not be always shorter because of the size of the link prefix

* Creation of alias links is tedious (for now)

It is not as bad as it sounds though.

# How to contribute to Redirector?

A pretty interface to create alias links would be a good starting point. 

# Why did I make a link redirecting service?

Honestly, even I do not know why this exists.