“As a user I want to shorten my long url and be able to copy it into clipboard to post it on a social platform (e.g. Twitter).”
In this challenge, we’re asking you to create a user interface to shorten URLs so,
If you are a front end developer, please use the Bitly API for the backend part. To get a token you can follow these steps:
Go to your user settings
Select API in the menu
After filling your user password you can request a token
In order to use the bitly API you need an Authentication token, which you will put in the environment variables (.env) of the project.
Adding a custom environment variables
If you are a full stack developer, please tackle both backend and frontend part of the challenge, each of course only to the extent possible within the given time frame.
Bonus points:
Validate user dataCreate a test suiteCreate and use reusable componentsCreate your own CSS theme (clean & responsive layout)
Please do not spend more than 2 hours on this, don’t worry if you don’t finish everything. Please send us a link to your project on GitHub. Good luck and have fun!
Run yarn install to install dependancies, then copy .env.dist to .env.
In the project directory, you can run:
Runs the app in the development mode. Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.
The page will reload if you make edits. You will also see any lint errors in the console.
Check and fix based on linting rules