URL-Shortener

The tool is developed to generate short URLs for input URLs.
See demo at : https://url-shortener-8mzl.onrender.com
##Usage

Usage instructions

• Visit the link https://url-shortener-8mzl.onrender.com/
• In the text field enter the URL to which you want to short
• Click on Short
• The short URL will be in the last of the below list.

Installation Instructions

Prerequisites

You should have installed

• nodejs
• npm
• mongodb

If you have installed the prerequisites, Follow the next steps

• Clone the repositorygit clone https://github.com/manishsencha/url-shortener.git
• Navigate to the directory cd URL-Shortener
• Run the command npm install or npm i to install the dependencies
• Inside the URL-Shortener create a .env file and put your mongodb URL in it DB_URL="URL"
• Now everything is ready, In the terminal run the command npm run runDev to start the server.
• Now open your browser and open the URL http://localhost:3000
• You are good to go.