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# What is it?
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A simple selfhosted URL shortener with no name because naming is hard
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## But why another URL shortener?
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I've looked at a couple popular URL shorteners, however they either have
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unnecessary features, or they didn't have all the features I wanted.
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# Features
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- Shortens URLs of any length to a fixed length, randomly generated string
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- (Optional) Allows you to specify the shortened URL instead of the generated
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one (Missing in a surprising number of alternatives)
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- Opening the fixed length URL in your browser will instantly redirect you
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to the correct long URL (you'd think that's a standard feature, but
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apparently it's not)
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- Provides a simple API for adding new short links
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- Links are stored in a plaintext CSV file
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- Available as a Docker container (there is no image on docker hub _yet_)
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- Backend written in Java using [Spark Java](http://sparkjava.com/), frontend
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written in plain HTML and vanilla JS, using [Pure CSS](https://purecss.io/)
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for styling
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# Screenshot
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# Planned features
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- An actual name
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- Some form of authentication
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- Input validation (on client and server)
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- Deleting links using API and frontend
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- Code cleanup
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- Better deduplication
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- Official Docker Hub image
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# Usage
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Clone this repository
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```
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git clone https://github.com/draganczukp/url
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```
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## Building from source
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Gradle 6.x.x and JDK 11 are required. Other versions are not tested
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1. Build the `.jar` file
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```
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gradle build --no-daemon
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```
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The `--no-daemon` option means that gradle should exit as soon as the build is
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finished. Without it, gradle would still be running in the background
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in order to speed up future builds.
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2. Run it
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```
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java -jar build/libs/url.jar
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```
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3. Navigate to `http://localhost:4567` in your browser, add links as you wish.
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## Running with docker
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### `docker run` method
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1. Build the image
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```
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docker build . -t url:1.0
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```
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2. Run the image
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```
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docker run -p 4567:4567 -d url:1.0
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```
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2.a Make the CSV file available to host
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```
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touch ./urls.csv
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docker run -p 4567:4567 \
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-e file.location=/urls.csv \
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-v ./urls.csv:/urls.csv \
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-d url:1.0
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```
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## `docker-compose`
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There is a sample `docker-compose.yml` file in this repository. You can use it
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as a base, modifying it as needed. Run it with
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```
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docker-compose up -d --build
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```
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