- Ruby 2.x
- Bundler
- Redis server for storage
bundle install
unicorn / rackup / (other rack server)
Data is stored to Redis on database 1 in production and database 15 in development / test environments.
The Redis DB is flushed upon initialisation of the development environment.
I'm making the assumption here that these short codes are to be used for cases like a short URL for a map location for a festival. Redis is ideal for quick lookups on keys and incrementing counters.
With 5 elements per hash per code a Redis server will use approximately 100MB RAM for 1 million short codes, thus a cheap server (€20/month) could store tens of millions of short codes.
Keys automatically expire after a year. (Changeable by editing Shorty::Code::EXPIRE_SECONDS)
Simply run rspec from the root directory of the project.