https://github.com/minaandrawos/GoURLLinkShortnerAPI

A URL Link shortner API code written in Go
https://github.com/minaandrawos/GoURLLinkShortnerAPI

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A URL Link shortner API code written in Go

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/minaandrawos/GoURLLinkShortnerAPI
• Owner: minaandrawos
• Created: 2015-08-28T05:08:29.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-09-05T19:17:16.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-03-09T20:43:23.130Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 188 KB
• Stars: 39
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Go URL Link Shortener API

Full tutorial could be found at http://www.minaandrawos.com/2015/09/05/link-shortener-golang-web-service-tutorial-mongodb/

A URL Link shortener API code written in Go. The code is provided as-is, the code is for education purposes on how to write an efficient REST API in Go as well as some best practices for interfacing with Mongodb from Go.

The purpose of the API is to shorten url links via a REST HTTP request. 

Once the code is built and running, to create a short url to a long url mapping, send a POST request to http://localhost:5100/Create, the POST request should include the shortUrl and the longUrl as follows:

{'shorturl':'cosmosfading','longurl':'https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/universe-slowly-fading-away'}

You could then consume a shorturl by issuing a GET request to http://localhost:5100/shorturl

The program makes use of the Gorilla web toolkit mux library (http://www.gorillatoolkit.org/pkg/mux) for routing as well as the mgo library (https://labix.org/mgo) to interface with mongo database

The code utilizes the socket pool that comes with the mgo library for efficient concurrent communication with Mongodb. It also makes use of the nice http routing and handling syntax that comes with Gorilla mux.

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