Simple_bitly is a URL shortener software.
This project has been developed solely for technical purposes.
Simple_bitly consists of two modules. the generator and the redirector.
First you need to clone the project or download it directly.
Then use the package manager pip to install simple_bitly.
cd [PATH_TO_DOWNLOAD]
pip install .We use gunicorn to serve our wsgi application. When you install simple_bitly gunicorn is
also installed as a dependency library. so you don't need to install it yourself.
you can deploy the generator and the redirector using the following commands respectively.
Note: You can bind it to any address of your liking.
cd path/to/simplebitly
gunicorn simplebitly.generator:generator --bind localhost:8000
gunicorn simplebitly.redirector:redirector --bind localhost:8001To use simple_bitly use the following command to send a your URL to the generator.
curl localhost:8000 -X POST -d "url=[some long URL]"The answer to the request is an 8-char fixed-length string which is basically your short url.
Now take the accquired short URL to make a request to the redirector.
You can use a web browser for this part as it's a simple GET request.
so simply visit localhost:8001/[short URL].
Now you must be automatically redirected to your original URL.
Although this project is not using any 3rd-party library to handle BDD tests, I've done my best to follow the philosophy
to some extent. Hence, we use the natural language style of Feature files in BDD to name our unittests.
So throughout the project, unittests follow the below template.
def test_[Given clause]_[When clause]_[Then clause]()Note: The keywords: given, when and then are simply ommited because of redundancy.
Pull requests are welcome. Please make sure to update tests as appropriate if you decide to make a pull request.