🚀 Rust URL Shortener

A simple URL Shortener built with Rust and Actix Web, using in-memory storage (HashMap).

🌟 Features

✅ Shorten a long URL with a user-defined short code
✅ Retrieve the original URL using a short code
✅ Redirect users to the original URL
✅ Prevent duplicate short URLs
✅ In-memory storage (no database required)
✅ Simple and lightweight API

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🔗 API Usage

1️⃣ Shorten a URL (User-Defined Short Code)

Endpoint:

POST /shorten

Request Body (JSON format):

{
    "long_url": "https://www.rust-lang.org",
    "short_url": "rusturlshortener"
}

Example Request (Using Curl):

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"long_url": "https://www.rust-lang.org", "short_url": "rusturlshortener"}' \
     http://127.0.0.1:8080/shorten

Example Response:

"Shortened URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/rusturlshortener"

2️⃣ Redirect to the Original URL

GET /{short_code}

🛠 Technologies Used

• Rust 🦀
• Actix Web (for building web APIs)
• Lazy_static (for global HashMap storage)
• Tokio (for async execution)