ShortURL is a URL shortener written in Python that allows you to create short links for your websites or applications. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ShortURL on macOS.
Before we begin, you need to have the following prerequisites:
To install ShortURL on macOS, follow these steps:
Open a terminal window.
Clone the ShortURL project from GitLab:
$ git clone https://git.mills.io/prologic/shorturl.git
This will create a folder called "shorturl" in your current directory.
Navigate into the "shorturl" folder:
$ cd shorturl
Install the required Python modules:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Copy the sample configuration file:
$ cp config.yml.sample config.yml
Edit the configuration file to match your requirements. You can use any text editor to modify the file. For example, we will use the nano editor:
$ nano config.yml
Here's an example configuration file:
server:
listen_addr: 0.0.0.0
listen_port: 8000
database:
url: sqlite:///shorturl.sqlite3
In this configuration file, we have set the server to listen on all available IP addresses on port 8000, and we have specified an SQLite database to store the short URLs.
Initialize the database:
$ ./shorturl.py initdb
This will create the database file specified in the configuration file.
Start the server:
$ ./shorturl.py serve
This will start the ShortURL server. You should see output similar to the following:
Serving on http://0.0.0.0:8000
Test the server by visiting http://localhost:8000 in your web browser. You should see a simple web page with a form to create short URLs.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install ShortURL on macOS. Now that you have ShortURL up and running, you can start creating short URLs for your website or application.
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