URL Shortener

This is a simple URL shortener service written in Go. It provides an API to create short URLs and redirect to the original URL.

• Create short URLs with custom aliases.
• Generate random short aliases if no custom alias is provided.
• Redirect to the original URL using the short alias.
• Delete short URLs.
• Rate limiting to prevent abuse.
• Caching with Redis to improve performance.

• Language: Go
• API Framework: chi
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Cache: Redis
• Logging: zap
• Containerization: Docker, Docker Compose

• Docker
• Docker Compose

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Pshimaf-Git/url-shortener.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd url-shortener

3. Start the services using Docker Compose:

   docker-compose up --build

The application will be running at http://localhost:8080.

Request:

POST /api/v1/url
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "url": "https://www.google.com",
  "alias": "google"
}

Response:

{
  "status": "OK",
  "alias": "google"
}

Request:

GET /api/v1/url?alias=google

Response:

Redirects to https://www.google.com.

Request:

DELETE /api/v1/url?alias=google

Response:

{
  "status": "OK",
  "alias": "google"
}