Django URL Shortener

A simple URL shortener based on base62 encoding with API support.

How to run the project

1. Clone this repository
2. Navigate to the main project directory and install the python dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Run python manage.py runserver to start the development server and browse to http://127.0.0.1:8000

How to consume API

Request

URL http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/
Method POST
Body

{
  "url": "long_url"
}

Response

{
  "url": "long_url",
  "hash": "hash",
  "short_url": "short_url"
}

Demo app running on Heroku

https://short---ly.herokuapp.com/