Each URL that is submitted goes through a simple check for validity and/or added http:// before it to redirect successful. After that, a base 64 string is generated and added to a SQLite database with the corresponding URL that was submitted. The user is then given a short URL that is formatted as: WEBSITE_DOMAIN/token, the token being the base 64 string. Whenever this URL is visited the user will get redirected to the tokens corresponding URL in the database.

Run locally

Highly encouraged to create a python environment first.

Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/xemeds/tiny0.git

Move into the cloned folder and install the required libraries:

$ cd tiny0
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

After that run with:

$ python run.py

Visit the below URL to view the flask app:

127.0.0.1:5000

NOTE: When running locally all redirects will also be local.

Deploying

If you do not have a dedicated server, I highly recommend using Linode, Heroku or PythonAnywhere to host your application.

Before deploying, in the file:

tiny0/run.py

set running in debug mode to False:

app.run(debug=False)

and change the config file located in the directory below:

tiny0/tiny0/config.json

License

This project is under the MIT license.

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