Go URL Shortener

A simple URL shortener service written in Go with SQLite for persistent storage.

Features

• Shorten long URLs to easy-to-share short links
• Redirect short links to their original URLs
• Stores URLs with timestamps using SQLite
• Built with Go's standard library

Getting Started

Installation

Clone the repo and run:

go mod tidy
go run main.go

The server will start on http://localhost:8080.

Usage

• POST /shorten: Submit a JSON body with a URL to shorten.

  {
    "url": "https://example.com/very/long/url"
  }

• GET /{short}: Redirects to the original URL.

Example

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/shorten \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'

Response:

{
  "short_url": "http://localhost:8080/abc123"
}