Chirkut-URL-Shortner

This elegant backend application utilizes the power of Node.js, Express, and MongoDB to effortlessly generate concise and unique 8-character strings for URL shortening. Additionally, it provides insightful click tracking, allowing you to monitor the number of clicks on your shortened URLs.

It takes inspiration from Jack to chirkutify the url's.

Authors

• @swastik-akhil

Credits

• Frontend: By using AI and Free Material Source

Run Locally

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/swastik-akhil/URL-Shortner.git

Install dependencies

  npm install

Start the server

  npm start

Tech Stack

Server: Node, Express

Database: MongoDB

Templating Engine: ejs

Environment Variables

To run this project, you will need to add the following environment variables to your .env file

PORT

MONGOBD_URL