sho.rest

A simple URL shortener built to be fast and easy.

Supports up to 262144 unique three-character links, guarantees absolutely zero collisions!

Configuring

To deploy please first create a .env file in the sho.rest root folder with your configuration. You can use the .env.example file as a baseline.

POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<YOUR_POSTGRES_PASSWORD>
PORT=<YOUR_PORT>

To update create and manage Diesel migrations your .env also has to have a DATABASE_URL variable. This is included in .env.example for simplicity

DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:<YOUR_POSTGRES_PASSWORD>@localhost:5432/shorest

Please note that the password you pick has to be the same in both variables.

Deploying

sho.rest is fully built and deployed using docker-compose. The URL database is created and stored inside a Docker volume.

To start the necessary containers, simply run:

$ docker-compose up -d

You can view the results at http://localhost:<YOUR_PORT> in the browser of your choice!

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Have fun!