.env.example

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# Copy this file to ".env" and fill in real values.
# NEVER commit the real ".env" file to version control.
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# App settings
APP_NAME=URL Shortener
APP_ENV=development
DEBUG=True

# The host:port your app runs on (used to build short URLs like http://localhost:8000/abc123)
BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000

# Length of the generated short code (e.g. 6 -> http://localhost:8000/aZ3kD9)
SHORT_CODE_LENGTH=6

# MongoDB connection
# - If running MongoDB via the provided docker-compose.yml, use:
#     MONGO_URI=mongodb://mongo_user:mongo_pass@mongodb:27017
#   ("mongodb" is the docker-compose service name, not localhost)
# - If running MongoDB locally on your machine instead, use:
#     MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017
# - If using MongoDB Atlas (cloud), paste the connection string Atlas gives you:
#     MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@<cluster>.mongodb.net
MONGO_URI=mongodb://mongo_user:mongo_pass@mongodb:27017
MONGO_DB_NAME=url_shortener

# These two are used ONLY by docker-compose.yml to create the MongoDB
# root user. They MUST match the username/password used in MONGO_URI above.
MONGO_ROOT_USER=mongo_user
MONGO_ROOT_PASSWORD=mongo_pass

# CORS - comma separated list of allowed origins ("*" means allow all, ok for local dev only)
ALLOWED_ORIGINS=*