- URL-shortener. This is a simple flask app which takes an URL and shortens it. This shortened verion of the URL redirects to the user to the long URL. For each long URL given by the user the application randomly generates an alphabetical combination which redirects to
- You can even take the URL as a user input if you like, so you won't have to make changes in your program every time you wish to shorten a URL. s = sh.Shortener() Now, let’s call Shortener method ...
- URL shortener works in two ways: Generate a short URL based on the given URL. Redirect short URL to original URL. To short URL, we need to generate a random hash and assign it to the original URL and store it in our database. When someone requests the short URL, the system needs to look up in the database and if found, return the original URL ...
- Step 4) Now, go to the URL shortener section. Step 5) Paste the long URL that you want to shorten. Step 6) Choose any custom URL as you like if the option available. Step 7) Click on the “Shorten” button to get the shortened link. Step 8) Click on the “Copy” button to copy the shortened link to use it anywhere.
- A URL character can be one of the following. 1) A lower case alphabet [‘a’ to ‘z’], total 26 characters. 2) An upper case alphabet [‘A’ to ‘Z’], total 26 characters. 3) A digit [‘0’ to ‘9’], total 10 characters. There are total 26 + 26 + 10 = 62 possible characters. So the task is to convert a decimal number to base 62 ...