A single-file URL Shortener for all your redirect needs!
Important: This is intended for small-scale things and will probably not work for huge amount of short-link (max. a few hundreds) - If you need a URL Shortener for higher-scale stuff with an API, check out shrtcode (which is also made by me)
Example scenario: you may have a personal domain (say example.com) and want to create some redirects to other sites on the web. Just install Pesto on your server by following the steps below and you'll have an easy way to set up some redirects!
- Apache
- PHP (should work with pretty much any PHP version, but I haven't tested it - I'd recommend at least PHP 7)
- 5 minutes of your valuable time to set this whole thing up
First of all, you need to tell Apache that you want route all requests coming paths you don't have files for to the redirect script, So example.com/whatever will be handled by pesto.php - To do that, you need to create a .htaccess file in the folder you wanna redirect from (usually the web-root, so something like /var/www or /htdocs) with the following content:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ pesto.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
Now, get that delicious pesto.php file into that folder. You can copy the content from here on GitHub, clone this Repo or send a carrier pigeon with the code to your server provider, I don't care.
Now here's how the magical pesto.php script will know what to redirect to where... the secret lays in a file you have to create called, you guessed it, redirects.txt. In it, you can easily define all your redirects in the following format:
/test -> https://example.org
/pasta -> https://www.barilla.com
/freemoney -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
You get it, right?
Important: Use this exact syntax in your redirects.txt file (especially considering the -> parts) or otherwise it may not work.
Well, congrats - you're done! Enjoy your Pesto, err redirects. Enjoy your redirects.
Have a great day!