Interview

• URL Shortner REST API built with Django and Django Rest Framework

Getting Setup

Project requirements

• Python >= 3.0
• Django == 3.2

Running the Django Server

• activate the virtual environment for linux/unix and enter into the project folder

    source venv/bin/activate && cd urlshortner

• start up the django server

    python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:7000

Available Endpoints

The root for the application lives at

    https://tier-interview.herokuapp.com

To create a new short Url

• paste or type the link in the form field at the above url

OR

• use curl in the terminal to generate a new short url

curl -d '{"original_url":"type your url starting with https:// or http://"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' https://tier-interview.herokuapp.com

To Access the short url that you have created, the response should produce a url you can click on or copy and

• Access on the browser

OR

• Use curl in the terminal to view the long url and times the link had been visited.

    curl -X GET  http://tier-interview.herokuapp.com/FDft83h/