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https://github.com/muskanmi/url-shortener

A URL shortening webapp which can be used to shorten any given URL.
https://github.com/muskanmi/url-shortener

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A URL shortening webapp which can be used to shorten any given URL.

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# URL Shortener

This repository contains the source code of a simple URL shortening web application which is used to shorten any URL.

## Prerequisites:

* Node should be installed in your system.

* Mongo should be installed in your system (which is used for creating the database of this application).

## Instructions:

1. Get the source code on your pc via git and navigate inside the folder through your terminal.

```
git clone https://github.com/muskanmi/url-shortener
```

2. Move into the src folder by running:

```
cd src
```

3. Now, install all the required node dependencies by running:

```
npm install
```

4. Run the application using:

```
npm run devStart
```

5. URL shortener web application is ready for use. You can access it at [http://localhost:5000/](http://localhost:5000/).