rs-short is a lightweight URL shortener built with Warp and SQLx.

• Shorten URLs with a simple POST request.
• Retrieve and redirect to the original URL with the shortened path.
• Tracks the number of times each shortened URL is accessed.
• (Optional) Assign a user to a shortened URL.

1. Rust (latest stable version)
2. PostgreSQL Database

1. Setup your PostgreSQL database and create the urls table:

CREATE TABLE urls (
    key TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    value TEXT NOT NULL,
    user_id TEXT,
    visit_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0
);

2. Set your database URL in an environment variable:

export DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/mydatabase

Or use a .env file with:

DATABASE_URL=postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/mydatabase

Navigate to the project directory and run:

cargo run

The application will start and listen on 127.0.0.1:3000.

Make a POST request with JSON data:

{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "user": "optional_username"
}

The response will contain the shortened key.

Navigate to http://localhost:3000/<key> to be redirected to the original URL. Each access will increment the visit count for that URL.