TinyURL Ramaze Application

Required gems

sqlite3-ruby, sequel, validatable, ramaze, thin

Features

• everything in one file - model, view, controller
• auto create the database if missing
• unique urls in the database
• url hits counting
• API for command-line access - can shorten urls and restore the original urls

Usage

$ curl -O turl.rb "http://github.com/zh/turl/tree/master%2Fturl.rb?raw=true" $ ruby turl.rb

browse http://localhost:7000/

shorten url (turl)

$ curl http://admin:secret@localhost:7000/_api?turl=http://github.com/zh/turl/

restore the original url

$ curl http://admin:secret@localhost:7000/_api?url=abc

number of hints for given turl

$ curl http://admin:secret@localhost:7000/_api?hits=abc

Do not forget to change the BASE_URL and LOGINS values. By default the database file (sqlite3) will be created in the same directory with turl.rb. If this is not acceptable, change the DB_FILE line.