redirect

A simple url shortcut / redirect service using Node.js

Plans

Next

• Write some automated tests
• Allow the user to register new redirects (but not overwrite)

Someday/Maybe

• Set up some performance tests and visualize stats
• Set up real time server monitoring and visualize stats

Rebuild docker image

docker build -t mparkola/redirect .

Development Log

2018-01-22 Monday

• Create docker container

2016-12-25 Sunday, Christmas Day (Location: Madeira, Portugal)

• Correctly wired database query using callbacks
• Created a git repo and stored it on Github

2016-12-18 Sunday (Location: Warsaw, Poland)

• Created a basic Node.js HTTP server
• Set up redirections based on hardcoded shortcuts
• Created an sqlite3 database to store shortcuts

2017-06-22

• Used setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /use/bin/nodejs to allow node to serve port 80