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Kurz is yet another URL shortener/aliaser.
- built as a Go data model API, for internal site use as well as public use
- web front end separate from data logic
- multiple aliasing strategies. provided:
- identity
- 32-bits hexa string, leading 0s omitted
- manual selection
- easy to extend, by registering additional AliasStrategy objects
- supporting
- vanity domains
- relative paths (API only, no Web UI), for use within web sites
- "slug"-type multipart aliasing for SEO
- usage statistics
- some tests available
It is currently available under the General Public License version 3 or later.
Using Kurz
The main Kurz command show how to initialize the package and access statistics.
You can find usage examples in strategy_test.go:
- TestBaseAlias() shows how to generate aliases
- TestUseCounts() show how to query strategy statistics
Running tests
Currently, only the strategy package has tests, and these need some setup, as
they touch the database:
- either redefine the credentials in strategy_test.go#initTestStorage()
- or create a database with privileges appropriate for them
- or send a PR submitting a better DB initialization mechanism for tests