🔗 Scalable URL Shortener with Analytics

A scalable and production-ready URL shortening service built using Flask, MongoDB, and Render, featuring:

• ✅ Custom short URLs
• 📈 Click tracking analytics
• ⏳ Expiry-based link handling
• 📊 Dashboard for real-time monitoring

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🚀 Features

• Shorten long URLs into compact short codes
• Track click counts on shortened links
• Set expiration dates for links
• RESTful API design for integration
• Dashboard for monitoring usage & expiry status
• Deployed with HTTPS on Render

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🧰 Tech Stack

• Backend: Flask (Python)
• Database: MongoDB (via MongoDB Atlas)
• Frontend: HTML/CSS/JS for Dashboard
• Deployment: Render (Free Tier)

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📦 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/shorten	Shorten a long URL
GET	/<short_code>	Redirect to original URL
GET	/dashboard/data	Get all URLs with analytics
GET	/dashboard/	Get the dashboard UI

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📊 Dashboard Preview

Shows all shortened URLs with their clicks, creation date, expiry status.

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/E22CSEU0037/URL-SHORTENER.git

cd url-shortener

2. Install dependencies"# URL-SHORTENER"

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Set up environment

Create a .env file (or set environment variable) for MongoDB:

MONGO_URI = your_mongodb_atlas_uri

4. Run the app

python main.py

🌐 Deployed URL

Live at: https://url-shortener-r7mj.onrender.com

👨‍💻 Author

GEETIKA SINGH 4th Year BTech CSE | Bennett University

LinkedIn | GitHub

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.