https://github.com/kellegous/go

Another Google-like Go short link service
https://github.com/kellegous/go

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Another Google-like Go short link service

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kellegous/go
• Owner: kellegous
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-07-02T03:26:56.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-27T19:45:26.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T05:06:54.467Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 2.75 MB
• Stars: 581
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 124
• Open Issues: 14
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# A "go" short-link service

## Background

The first time I encountered "go" links was at Google. Anyone on the corporate

network could register a URL shortcut and it would redirect the user to the

appropriate page. So for instance, if you wanted to find out more about BigTable,

you simply directed your browser at http://go/bigtable and you would be redirected to

something about the BigTable data storage system. I was later told that the

first go service at Google was written by [Benjamin Staffin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminstaffin)

to end the never-ending stream of requests for internal CNAME entries. He

described it as AOL keywords for the corporate network. These days if you go to

any reasonably sized company, you are likely to find a similar system. Etsy made

one after seeing that Twitter had one ... it's a contagious and useful little

tool. So contagious, in fact, that many former Googlers that I know have built

or contributed to a similar system post-Google. I am no different, this is my

"go" link service.

One slight difference between this go service and Google's is that this one is also

capable of generating short links for you.

## Installation

This tool is written in Go (ironically) and can be easily installed  and started

with the following commands.

```

GOPATH=`pwd` go install github.com/kellegous/go

bin/go

```

By default, the service will put all of its data in the directory `data` and will

listen to requests on the port `8067`. Both of these, however, are easily configured

using the `--data=/path/to/data` and `--addr=:80` command line flags.

## DNS Setup

To get the most benefit from the service, you should setup a DNS entry on your

local network, `go.corp.mycompany.com`. Make sure that corp.mycompany.com is in

the search domains for each user on the network. This is usually easily accomplished

by configuring your DHCP server. Now, simply typing "go" into your browser should

take you to the service, where you can register shortcuts. Obviously, those

shortcuts will also be available by typing "go/shortcut".

## Using the Service

Once you have it all setup, using it is pretty straight-forward.

#### Create a new shortcut

Type `go/edit/my-shortcut` and enter the URL.

#### Visit a shortcut

Type `go/my-shortcut` and you'll be redirected to the URL.

#### Shorten a URL

Type `go` and enter the URL.