README.md

URL Shortener

The purpose of URL shorteners is to shorten certain URLs in order to make it easier for the users. Typically URL shortener services are deployed using shorter domain names.

Requirements and Dependencies

Requirements are listed in requirements.txt.

python3 -m venv venv
source ./venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Environment Variables

Set your environment variables replacing your values in place of xyz.

export SECRET_KEY=xyz
export GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=xyz
export GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=xyz

You may also want to set some Flask environment variables.

export FLASK_APP=app
export FLASK_ENV=development

Alternatively, you may use .env and .flaskenv files to store these environment variables respectively.

Create Database

From the root of this project spawn up a python shell. Then type the following commands.

python3

>>> from app import db
>>> db.create_all()

Run

flask run

Restricted URLs

Add more restricted URLs as you can!

PS: Add new URLs in new lines.