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/