Link Shortner

Shortens the link provided.

Requirements

Python 3.x

How to run this project:

To run, cd to project directory, then hit "docker-compose up" command, it will run the whole project exposed to localhost:5000

To shorten a link:

1. Pass your link in the url followed by base url (localhost:5000/<your_url>)
2. It returns two urls in json,
	a. The shortened link of your url
	b. A link to see the stats (no. of clicks) on your shortened link.
Note: Shortened link dies within stipulated period of time (currently 60 seconds) if there are no clicks on the link.

Implementation of token assistance in link shortening is in following way:

1. Post json with following format  
{
	"url" : "the_url_to_be_shortened_with_all_token_holders_as_<%token%>"
} 
at http://localhost:5001/ endpoint.
2. To retrieve the original link with all the tokens dynamically inserted into shortened link, append all the tokens in 	   following format: 
	https://shortened-link/token1/token2/token3...
Entering inconsistent number of tokens would lead to wrong url generation

Technologies used:

MongoDB
Flask