Shortener

A simple URL shortening web app written in Python using Django

This web app includes the following functions:

• An endpoint that receives a URL and returns a new shortened URL
• An endpoint to retrieve the last 100 shortened URLs
• An endpoint to retrieve the top 10 most popular shortened domains in the past month
• An endpoint to retrieve the number of times a shortened URL has been visited.

Instructions

(In the root folder of shortener)

1. Install the python environment using pipenv install if you haven't had pipenv.
2. Enter Pipenv by pipenv shell.
3. Install Django by pip install Django.
4. Install mathfilters pip install django-mathfilters.
5. Run Django server by python manage.py runserver In your web browser, visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ To exit the running server: Ctrl + C
6. To Exit pipenv, type exit.

Note:

To directly access the database: python manage.py dbshell