YouRL

A url shortner web app in Node.js, Express and MongoDB.

Features

• Convert any URL to short URL
• Click counter
• Timestamps of link submission
• Super easy to deploy. Refere to deploy section for more.

In Action

dependencies

express- Web framework

mongoose- To connect mongodb to our webapp

ejs- Templating language to create views

Commands

npm i express mongoose ejs

dev dependencies

npm i --save-dev nodemon

//npm install -g nodemon

nodemon server.js For refreshing server for every new change. Makes life easy.

mongodb on windows

tip: Make sure you have admin access

• to access db

"C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin\mongod.exe" --dbpath="c:\data\db"

• to start mongodb server

"C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin\mongo.exe"

Deploy

Local Device

1. Make sure you have mongodb intalled and running. I used db as my database name. You can do the same.
2. Fork the repo, clone it locally.
3. Open terminal and run node ./server.js
4. Open any web browser and visit localhost:4567
5. (Optional) If you want to devlop the app,run nodemon server.jsinstead of node ./server.js, every new change will be reflected in your browser.

Heroku

1. Fork this repository
2. Create a free Heroku Account
3. Create free Heroku app with your github fork

Roadmap

• A login Screen
• protected routes with JWT
• Heroku deploy button