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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 an SQLite database
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- Available as a Docker container
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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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# Bloat that will not be implemented
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- Logging, tracking or spying of any kind. The only logs that still exist are
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errors printed to stderr and the default SLF4J warning.
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- User management. If you need a shortener for your whole organisation, either
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run separate containers for everyone or use something else.
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- Cookies, newsletters, "we value your privacy" popups or any of the multiple
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other ways modern web shows how anti-user it is. We all hate those, and they're
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not needed here.
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- Paywalls or messages begging for donations. If you want to support me (for
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whatever reason), you can message me through Github issues or via email.
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[github@draganczuk.tk](mailto:github@draganczuk.tk)
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I _might_ add one of those "fork me on github" thingies in the corner, though I
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doubt I will
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# Screenshot
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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/simply-shorten
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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. Set environment variables
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```bash
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# Required for authentication
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export username=<api username>
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export password=<api password>
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# Sets where the database exists. Can be local or remote (optional)
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export db_url=<url> # Default: './urls.sqlite'
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```
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### 3. Run it
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```
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java -jar build/libs/url.jar
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```
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You can optionally set the port the server listens on by appending `--port=[port]`
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### 4. 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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0. (Only if you really want to) Build the image
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```
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docker build . -t simply-shorten:latest
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```
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1. Run the image
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```
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docker run -p 4567:4567
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-d url:latest
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-e username="username"
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-e password="password"
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-d simply-shorten:latest
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```
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1.a Make the database file available to host (optional)
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```
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touch ./urls.sqlite
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docker run -p 4567:4567 \
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-e username="username" \
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-e password="password" \
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-v ./urls.sqlite:/urls.sqlite \
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-e db_url=/urls.sqlite \
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-d simply-shorten:latest
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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. It contains
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everything needed for a basic install. You can use it as a base, modifying
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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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