URL Shortener Microservice

About The Project

This project is part of the FreeCodeCamp Back End Development and APIs curriculum.

You can find more information here.

Built With

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js

Installation

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/gthomas08/URL-Shortener-Microservice.git

2. Go to project directory

   cd URL-Shortener-Microservice

3. Install npm packages

   npm install

4. Add the following environment variable to .env file

   MONGO_URI

Usage

Start the application

npm start

Test that the project is running by going to http://localhost:8080.