https://github.com/olillin/urlshortener

https://github.com/olillin/urlshortener

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/olillin/urlshortener
• Owner: olillin
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-12-14T15:51:57.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-14T21:10:49.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-12T04:09:27.436Z (10 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 17.6 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# URL Shortener

A webservice to generate and host shortened urls.

## Environment variables

This project uses [dotenv](https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv) to load environment variables and can be configured in the `.env` file.

| Name                | Description                         | Default                                        |

| ------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |

| `PORT`              | Port the website will listen on.    | `80` when using HTTP or `443` when using HTTPS |

| `CERT_PATH`         | File path to SSL certificate.       | `cert.pem`                                     |

| `KEY_PATH`          | File path to SSL private key.       | `key.pem`                                      |

| `SECRET`            | Used as a global salt when hashing. | `secret`                                            |

| `ENCRYPTION_IV`     | The [initialization vector](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialization_vector) used for encryption. | ` ` |

| `IDENTIFIER_LENGTH` | Length of the random identifier for shortened URLs. | `6`                            |