short/README.md
2019-04-26 18:23:30 +02:00

77 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown

# Short - simple go url shortner
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](https://git.thebarrens.nu/wolvie/short/blob/master/LICENSE)
[![Build Status](https://git.thebarrens.nu/wolvie/short/badges/master/build.svg)](https://git.thebarrens.nu/wolvie/short/)
Short is a very simple url shortener build in golang using gorilla/mux for url routing and go-cache for storring URLs, the main focus is speed, not data is persisted, but can be dumped and restored.
## Syntax is
```shell
Usage of short:
-addr string
Address to listen for connections (default "localhost")
-domain string
Domain to write to the URLs (default "localhost")
-dump string
Path to the file to dump the kv db (default "urls.json")
-path string
Path to the base URL (https://localhost:8080/PATH/... remember to append a / at the end
-port string
Port to listen for connections (default "8080")
-proto string
proto to the base URL (HTTPS://localhost:8080/path/... no real https here just to set the url (for like a proxy offloading https (default "https")
-v
prints current version
```
Includes a Dockerfile to for a standalone docker image.
To shorten a URL just post on /, you will get a reply with the shortened URL
```shell
curl -X POST -d "url=http://google.com" http://localhost:8080/
URL shortened at: https://localhost:8080/9mbIcOwsVP
```
## Dump/Restore endpoints
URL mapping data can be checked, listed, dumped and restored in the given endpoints:
Show the number of mapped urls
```shell
$ curl http://localhost:8080/v1/count
X
```
Dumps the mapped url to json
```shell
$ curl http://localhost:8080/v1/dump
[...] #json of mapped urls
```
Dump the mapped url to `-dump` file (defaults to ./urls.json)
```shel
$ curl http://localhost:8080/v1/dumpToFile
Dump writen to: urls.json
```
Load url mappings from `-dump` file to in memory db
```shell
$ curl http://localhost:8080/v1/fromFile
OK
```
Load url mappings from POST data (Assuming json data on save.json file)
```shell
$ curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v1/fromPost \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data $(cat save.json )
OK
```