URL Shortener Service

A Scalable URL shortener service implemented in Golang with Redis and MongoDB for storage, and Docker for containerization.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Prerequisites
• Getting Started
  • Installation
  • Configuration
• Usage
• Contributing
• License

Features

• Shorten long URLs into easy-to-share links
• Store URL mappings in both Redis and MongoDB for performance and durability
• Retrieve original URLs by visiting the shortened link
• Dockerized for easy deployment

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have met the following requirements:

• Golang installed
• Redis server installed and running
• MongoDB server installed and running
• Docker installed (optional, for containerization)

Getting Started

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/swarajkumarsingh/ziplink.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd ziplink

3. Install the required Go packages:

   go mod tidy

Benchmarks

• POST requests (Create Short-URL): Average 856.728106ms (shared cloud cluster)
• GET requests (REDIRECT URL): Average 5.33ms (Redis, MongoDB)

Configuration

1. Mongodb client(local, atlas)
2. Redis client(local, cloud)

Usage

• After installing docker, just run dev.bat(windows), linux and mac run make run(Note: Mongodb, and redis client should be running,) NOTE: Add configs as shown in run.example.sh

./run.sh

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute to this project, please follow these guidelines:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix.
3. Make your changes and test thoroughly.
4. Commit your changes with clear commit messages.
5. Create a pull request against the main branch.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.