The tool is developed by @manishcencha to generate short URLs for input URLs.

See demo at: https://m-urlshortener.herokuapp.com.

Usage instructions:

• In the text field enter the URL to which you want to short
• Click on Short
• The short URL will be in the last of the below list.

You should have installed:

• nodejs
• npm
• mongodb

If you have installed the prerequisites, follow these steps:

• Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/xyberty/urls.git
• Navigate to the directory cd urls
• Run the command npm install or npm i to install the dependencies
• Inside the urls directory create a .env file and put your mongodb URL into it DB_URL="URL"
• Now everything is ready. Run the command npm run runDev to start the server.
• Now open your browser and go to the URL https://localhost:3000
• You are good to go.