Stack

Built a simple shortURL web application using:

• Spring Boot
• Thymeleaf template engine
• MongoDB

Features

• Create a "short" URL from another, perhaps longer, URL, and persist it in db.
• Receive a request for the short URL and redirect to the long URL.

Requirements

• Java 11
• MongoDB

How to

• Build: mvn install
• Start MongoDB: docker run -p 27017:27017 --name shorturl-mongo mongo:latest
• Run packaged application: java -jar target/shortURL-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
• Or run using foreman: foreman run web
• Access application: http://localhost:8080/