URL Shortener

A simple URL shortener built with Node.js.

Features

• Shorten URLs with custom or auto-generated short codes
• Redirect short URLs to original URLs
• Web interface to create and view shortened URLs

Installation

1. Clone or download the project
2. Ensure Node.js is installed
3. Run npm install (though no dependencies, just to be sure)
4. Run npm start or node app.js

Usage

1. Open http://localhost:3002 in your browser
2. Enter a URL to shorten
3. Optionally provide a custom short code
4. Click Shorten
5. The shortened URL will appear below
6. Click the shortened URL to redirect to the original

Files

• app.js: Server code
• public/index.html: Frontend
• public/style.css: Styles
• data/link.json: Storage for URL mappings