URL Shortener 📝

Custom URL Shortener, using MongoDB and AWS Lambda.

Usage 🖥️

• Create a free MongoDB database (you can use Mongo Atlas M0).
• Fill the environment variables on .env.sample and copy it to .env file.
• Deploy the functions to AWS Lambda (or any other lambda provider, if you prefer)
• Configure your domain manager to point to it

Configuring domain on AWS

Using Route 53 and API Gateway:

• In Lambdas, select the app you just created (probably with the name url-shortener-prd)
• In the Resources tab, click on the link to access ApiGatewayRestApi
• In API Gateway, select "Custom domain names"
• Create a new domain name in the format you want, for example, url.yourdomain.com. It will create a new domain in the format <id>.execute-api.<your-region>.amazonaws.com
• On Route53, create a new A type record, pointing to the domain created above

Endpoints ⚡

Shorten

Send a POST request to /shorten, with the shortUrl and longUrl parameters on body, and a x-secret headers, which should match the one filled on .env file, if you filled it.

Redirect

Send a GET request to /request/:shortUrl passing the shortUrl, to be redirected to the longUrl.

What is missing?

[ ] Find a way to solve the manual step to configure the domain, using, probably, serverless-domain-manager.

Author 🧙‍♂️

• RafaAudibert