Shortbread

A delicious URL shortener. See it live at http://shrtb.red.

Setup

Shortbread is made with Ruby on Rails.

Install rails:

sudo gem install rails

Set up your gems:

bundle install

Set up the database:

rake db:migrate

This app uses Postgres for the database.

You'll need a domain to point shortened links to. In link.rb, replace URL_BASE = "shrtb.red/" with whatever domain you want to serve shortened URLs from.

Shortened URLs are case-sensitive, so bear that in mind.

The site tracks the top 100 most visited links. You can adjust this in the constant MOST_VISITED_LIMIT in link.rb.

Test Suite

This app uses Rspec. To run tests on the Link model, simply type:

rspec