URL SHORTENER API

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Software Requirements

1. Go SDK +1.6 (https://golang.org)
2. GO ORM (https://github.com/jinzhu/gorm)
3. Viper (https://github.com/spf13/viper)
4. Gorilla Mux (https://github.com/gorilla/mux)
5. Glide (https://github.com/Masterminds/glide)

Hardware Requirements

1. Memory : +- 50MB
2. Storage : +- 10MB
3. CPU : 1 Core

Go Installation

download Go SDK from https://golang.org/dl/

extract using command : tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz

edit ``$HOME/.profileor./bashrc` using text editor.

add export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

create folder workspace, inside folder workspace create below structure folder.

`> src
 > pkg
 > bin`

Set GOPATH value to path of our workspace folder.

export GOPATH=$PATH_TO_YOUR_FOLDER/workspace

test if go has successfully configured in system by run go env.

Project installation (dependency)

run ./glide install

Build application

$PATH/url-shortener/go build

Run application

$PATH/url-shortener/ ./url-shortener

API endpoint

Create / Shorten URL (POST)

http://[YOUR_HOST]:[YOUR_PORT]/shortener/create

Get shorten URL (GET)

http://[YOUR_HOST]:[YOUR_PORT]/shortener/{id}