URL Shortener

This project is a simple URL shortener service built in Go. It allows users to shorten long URLs and redirect to the original URLs.

Project Structure

url-shortener
├── cmd
│   └── main.go          # Main entry point for the application
├── internal
│   ├── handler
│   │   └── handler.go   # HTTP handler functions for API endpoints
│   ├── repository
│   │   └── repository.go # Data access layer for interacting with the database
│   ├── service
│       └── service.go   # Business logic for processing URL shortening requests
├── pkg
│   └── shortener
│       └── shortener.go  # Implementation of the URL shortener logic
├── go.mod                # Go module file defining dependencies
└── README.md             # Documentation for the project

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd url-shortener
   

2. Install dependencies:

   go mod tidy
   

3. Run the application:

   go run cmd/main.go
   

Usage

• To shorten a URL, send a POST request to /shorten with the original URL in the request body.
• To redirect to the original URL, send a GET request to /{shortened-path}.

Contributing

Feel free to submit issues or pull requests for improvements or bug fixes.