Shorten Ur URL

A URL shortener for people who like pink 💗💋💟

This is a pair programming task made with Flask, Jinga2 with pipenv as the python environment.

Installation and Usage

Installation

• Git clone or download the repo.
• Enter a virtual environment using pipenv shell
• Once in the virtual environment, install the dependencies using pipenv install

Usage

• pipenv run dev or flask run to run the server
• Go the http://127.0.0.1:5000/ on your browser
• Enter your desired URL to be shortened and click 'shorten URL'

Technologies

Languages

• Python
• Javascript

Backend

• Flask
• SQLAlchemy
• Pipenv

Frontend

• Jinga2
• HTML
• CSS

Wins

Copy to Clipboard:

• Was achieved using navigator.clipboard.writeText, something we had not used before.
• Turning the typical tech blue and greys into colourful pink! (So cute!)

Challenges

• Difficulty switching between Python and the famililar Javascript
• Writing the python logic to generate a random string id
• Validation in the backend for non valid url entries (still created in backend database)

Contributors

@shedp 👩‍💻 @PollyFenne 👩‍💻