php-url-shortner

PHP 8.1.2 > PHP 8

How to use the library

Install via the composer

Using the composer(Recommended)

Either run the following command in the root directory of your project:

composer require otifsolutions/shorturlapp

Then simply run migrations to run the ShortUrl and Tracker migrations

php artisan migrate

ShortUrl

Namespace for Model ShortUrl

    use OTIFSolutions\ShortUrlApp\Models\ShortUrl;

• Generate a new code against Url

  ShortUrl::set('Url');

  Type of url is STRING

• Get a ShortUrl

  ShortUrl::get('Url');

  If Url does not exist the system will return null

• Delete a Url

  ShortUrl::remove('Url');

  If Url does not exist the system will return null.

Tracker

• Namespace for Model Tracker,

  use OTIFSolutions\ShortUrlApp\Models\Tracker;

• This model tracks the url and stores following details:

  ip_address, full_url, operating_system and browser.

Usage

• Url will be Tracked and redirected if the user sends /url request with generated code.
  • abc.xyz/url?q=W2tht.
  • Where 'url' is route, 'q' is a parameter and 'W2tht' is code which user generates.
• In the case of wrong parameter, following error will be returned.
  • return response()->json(['errors' => ['error' => 'url not exists']]);