IFY

A simple URL shortener built for personal needs. Feed it with a URL that will respond with a slug that you can use instead.

Input	Output
https://dvl.sh	https://ify.lol/0KY

Not a factual representation of the output, but simplified for clarity.

I have a CNAME of https://r.dvl.sh, which maps to https://ify.lol for convenience, as I'm using this shortener internally within my website: https://dvl.sh.

If you want to use this URL shortener for your personal needs, you won't be able to use it through https://ify.lol as it will require an Access-Token. It is a security precaution, as I want the database to contain only the links I use in my blog posts. Besides, whenever I make a breaking change, I do not want your links to disappear from the database.

Feel free to clone or fork this repo, make desired changes (if any) and deploy it yourself wherever you want.

Usage

Api

With just two endpoints, you can do the necessary task.

1. GET /api/[slug] - to retrieve JSON data of a record by the identifier (slug)
2. POST /api - to store an URL and retrieve JSON for that record

POST request will expect you to pass a link as data and an Access-Token header that will match the ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable.

Redirect

The middleware handles the redirect if the database finds the given slug; otherwise, it will remain with 404 status.

1. /[slug]

Deployment

Personally deployed on ▲ Vercel and database on PlanetScale. There are a few environment variables that you need to fill in, and everything will work as expected. Refer to .env.example.