Still TODO's for app: - go to mapped URL for shortened link; - think about that form and prevent re-generation of shortened link on page refresh with result.
Project setup steps:
1. Create apache2 http website
1.1. touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/shortener.conf
1.2. vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/shortener.conf:
<virtualhost *:80="">
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName shortener
ServerAlias shortener
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/shortener
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</virtualhost>
1.3. mkdir /var/www/html/shortener
1.4. touch /var/www/html/shortener/index.html
1.5. vi /var/www/html/shortener/index.html:
add some HTML
1.6. sudo systemctl restart apache2
1.7. access website: localhost/shortener
2. Database: SQLite (+ sqlitebrowser (snap install sqlitebrowser))
2.1. Model:
3. Flask installation: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.0.x/installation/
3.1. Go to project dir
3.2. Create virtual env: python3 -m venv venv
3.3. Activate venv: . venv/bin/activate
3.4. Install Flask: pip install Flask
4. Start http server:
4.1. go to project directory
4.2. python Shortener.py
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