Snip — URL Shortener

A full-stack URL shortening service built as a learning project.

Features

• Shorten long URLs to short codes
• JWT authentication (register/login)
• Redis caching for fast redirects
• Rate limiting on URL creation
• Click tracking

Tech Stack

• Node.js + Express
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Docker + Docker Compose
• JWT + bcrypt

API Endpoints

Method	Route	Auth	Description
POST	/auth/register	No	Create account
POST	/auth/login	No	Get JWT token
POST	/urls	Yes	Shorten a URL
GET	/urls	Yes	Get your URLs
GET	/:code	No	Redirect to original URL

Run Locally

git clone <repo>
cd url
cp .env.example .env
docker-compose up --build

Live Demo

• Frontend: https://snip-frontend-two.vercel.app
• Backend: https://snip-omzp.onrender.com

Environment Variables

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your values.

cp .env.example .env