goURLShortner 🔗

A lightning-fast URL shortening service built with Go and Redis, designed for high performance and reliability.

🚀 Features

• Fast URL Shortening: Efficient Base62 encoding for short, memorable URLs
• Redis Backend: High-performance storage and retrieval
• RESTful API: Clean and intuitive API endpoints
• Analytics: Track creation time, last access, and usage count
• Concurrent Processing: Handle multiple requests efficiently
• Production Ready: Includes tests, CI/CD, and comprehensive error handling

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Go - Core programming language
• Redis - Primary database
• godotenv - Environment configuration
• go-redis - Redis client for Go

📋 Prerequisites

• Go 1.23.2 or higher
• Redis server
• Git

🔧 Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/SartajBhuvaji/goURLShortnet.git
   cd goURLShortner

2. Install dependencies

   go mod download

3. Configure environment Create a .env file in the root directory:

   REDIS_HOST="REDIS_HOST"
   REDIS_PASSWORD="REDIS_PASSWORD"
   REDIS_DB=0

🚦 Usage

1. Start the server

   go run main.go

   Server starts on http://localhost:8080

2. API Endpoints

   Shorten URL

   POST /shorten
   Content-Type: application/json
   
   {
       "url": "https://www.example.com/very/long/url/that/needs/shortening"
   }

   Response:

   {
       "short_url": "www.goURLShortner/abc123"
   }

   Redirect to Original URL

   GET /redirect?url=abc123

   Response:

   {
       "long_url": "https://www.example.com/very/long/url/that/needs/shortening"
   }

🧪 Testing

Run the test suite:

go test ./tests -v