URL Shortener Service

A simple URL shortening service written in Go. This service allows users to shorten URLs and redirect short links to the original URLs.

Features

• Shortens URLs to a unique 5-character identifier.
• Validates URLs and handles errors gracefully.
• Requires a password for URL shortening requests.
• Configurable via an ini file.
• Stores mappings between short URLs and original URLs in a text file.
• Runs in a Docker container with multi-stage builds.

Configuration

The service configuration is managed through an ini file named config.ini. Here's an example configuration:

[server]
urlsfile = urls.txt
baseurl = domain.com
path = /s
password = yourpasswordhere
port = 8081

Request

Method: POST URL: http://localhost:8081/s/shorten Body:

url=https://example.com
password=yourpasswordhere

Redirect

Method: GET URL: http://localhost:8081/s/sH0Rt