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A simple URL shortener written in Go programming language.
Gohort
Gohort is a simple URL shortener written in Go.
Its design is based out the Stack Overflow question about writing a URL shortner. It uses gorilla/mux for routing requests.
It provides a RESTful API to create and retrive short URL and their corresponding expanded forms.
Running Gohort
Gohort requires a working Redis installation.
Once you have a working Redis installation, go get the project from Github.
go get github.com/aishraj/gohort
Now change into the project directory and run
go build
Next run the executable connecting to a local Redis installation:
./gohort -cpus=1 -rhost="localhost" -rport=6379 -sport=8090 -timeout=10
Example
In order to create a new short URL:
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/?base=www.google.com
In order to retrive the original URL from the shortend URL:
curl http://localhost:8080/api/v1/?alias=8CQ
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