TinyApp Project

TinyApp is a full stack web application built with Node and Express that allows users to shorten long URLs (à la bit.ly).

Final Product

Registration Page: Allows user to create an account in application.

Login Page: Allows user to login with email and password.

URLs Page: Display all shorturls created by user that is logged in with corresponding longurls each with Edit and Delete button

create_new_url_page: Allow user to create new shorturl by entering longurl.

update_url_page: Allow user to update longurl that already have shorturl created.

Dependencies

• Node.js
• Express
• EJS
• bcrypt
• body-parser
• cookie-session
• mocha - chai
• nodemon (optional)
• method-overriding

Getting Started

• Install all dependencies (using the npm install command).
• Run the development web server using the node express_server.js command.
• Open chrome browser and type http://localhost:8080
• In title bar click on register link and create a new account
• After successful registration redirect on urls page.
• There will not any urls created yet so create one by clicking on 'create new url"
• It will redirect to Edit page where you can update longurl of already created shorturl
• Go to 'urls_page" where you can see your newly created url.
• As we are storing data in object database, once you exit from server, all the data will be erased.

Uses

• A custom URL shortener lets you brand your links
• Short URLs allow you to get the most out of character limits on social media
• Shorter links are more memorable