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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