URL SHORTENER

A simple url shortener

Development

To bootstrap the environment, run

./scripts/bootstrap.sh

Architecture

Frontend

Elm

Backend

Elixir

Store

A process which stores the shortened urls with their full versions.

API:

• Save shortened url (short, full)
• List urls ()
• Delete shortened url (short)
• Get full url (short)

ID Generator

A module which generates a unique ID for short url each time it's asked.

API:

• next ID: (previous ID)

HTTP Worker

A Plug Process which handles the CRUD HTTP requests and maps them to controller functions.

Controller

A module with http api implementations, delegating to ID Generator and Store.

HTTP API

• GET /urls : list all the urls in the store
• POST /urls : shorten a new url
• GET /urls/{url-id} : get shortened url data
• DELETE /urls/{url-id} : remove shortened url
• GET /{short-url} : redirect to full version

Persistence

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