https://github.com/heapwolf/redirector

A simple redirect server / URL shortener in C++ backed by nodeuv-http (libuv and http_parser) and leveldb.
https://github.com/heapwolf/redirector

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A simple redirect server / URL shortener in C++ backed by nodeuv-http (libuv and http_parser) and leveldb.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/heapwolf/redirector
• Owner: heapwolf
• Created: 2014-09-13T20:18:38.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-09-18T14:04:01.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-03T08:33:18.654Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 144 KB
• Stars: 12
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md

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# SYNOPSIS

A simple redirect server / URL shortener.

# MOTIVATION

An example of how to use [`nodeuv-http`](https://github.com/hij1nx/nodeuv-http).

# USAGE

```bash

./server

```

# HTTP API

## SHORTEN

To shorten a urlencoded long url, add a `url` parameter to the query 

string with its value encoded.

### REQUEST

```

PUT http://mic.cm/shorten?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmic.com%2Fmy-long-url

```

### RESPONSE

```

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: plain/text

aZ9yB

```

## REDIRECT

To redirect to long url, look up the url by the provided id and respond 

with a `301` to the client with the long version of the url.

### REQUEST

```

GET http://mic.cm/aZ9yB

```

### RESPONSE

```

HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently

Location: http://mic.com/my-long-url

```

## SHORTEN EXISTING

When the `/shorten` api call is made on an existing url, the url is looked

up and if it's already shortened, the existing id is returned.

### REQUEST

```

PUT http://mic.cm/shorten?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmic.com%2Fmy-long-url

```

### RESPONSE

```

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: plain/text

aZ9yB

```