🔗 URL Shortener

A simple URL Shortener application built with Node.js, Express.js, and JavaScript. This project allows users to convert long URLs into shorter, easy-to-share links.

🚀 Features

• Shorten long URLs
• Generate unique short codes
• Redirect to the original URL
• Simple and beginner-friendly code
• REST API using Express.js

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• JavaScript
• npm

📂 Project Structure

URL-Shortener/
│── node_modules/
│── package.json
│── package-lock.json
│── server.js

📦 Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/tirthraj01/URL-Shortener.git

2. Navigate into the project folder

cd URL-Shortener

3. Install dependencies

npm install

4. Start the server

node server.js

or (if using nodemon)

nodemon server.js

🌐 Usage

Once the server is running, open your browser or API client and interact with the URL Shortener endpoints.

Example:

• Input: https://www.example.com/very/long/url
• Output: http://localhost:3000/abc123

🎯 Learning Objectives

This project helps you understand:

• Express.js basics
• Routing
• Handling HTTP requests
• Generating random short IDs
• Backend project structure
• npm package management

📌 Future Improvements

• Store URLs in MongoDB
• User authentication
• Custom short URLs
• Click analytics
• URL expiration
• Copy-to-clipboard button
• Frontend with React

👨‍💻 Author

Tirthraj Chavan

• GitHub: https://github.com/tirthraj01

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