🔗 Django URL Shortener

A fully functional and beautiful URL shortener built with Django, Tailwind CSS, and Font Awesome. Supports login/signup via modals, tracks clicks, and provides analytics for both authenticated and anonymous users.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 Authentication using custom modals (Signup, Login, Logout)
• ✂️ Shorten Long URLs with unique short codes
• 📊 Analytics Dashboard for total clicks, top URLs, and stats
• 🧠 Click Counter on each shortened URL
• 🗂️ Manage Links with History, About, and Analytics pages
• 💡 User-Friendly UI built using Tailwind CSS and Font Awesome
• 💬 Toasts for success/error messages across all pages
• 📋 Copy to Clipboard for easy sharing of short URLs
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Works for both Authenticated and Anonymous Users
• ⚡ Fast and Lightweight using Django and Tailwind CSS

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/naveenchaudhary13/django-url-shortener.git
cd django-url-shortener

2. Create Virtual Environment & Install Requirements

python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate  # or env\Scripts\activate on Windows
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run Server

python manage.py runserver

4. Super Admin Credentials

The project comes with an already migrated SQLite database.

• Username: admin
• Password: admin

5. Demo Users

Three demo users are pre-created:

• user1 / user1pass
• user2 / user2pass
• user3 / user3pass

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📁 Folder Structure

• templates/ – Contains all HTML templates (home, base, nav, history, analytics, about)
• static/ – Custom JS and CSS (toast logic, modal styling)
• shortener/models.py – Main model for URL shortening with click_count, short_code, etc.
• shortener/views/ – CBVs for all pages and logic

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