modulexcite/mlinks

NodeJS url shortener made rediculously simple

mLinks

NodeJS url shortener made rediculously simple. URL shortening is a technique which a URL may be made substantially shorter in length and still direct to the required page. This is achieved by using a redirect on a domain name that is short, which links to the web page that has a long URL.

#Example The URL "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening" can be shortened to "http://mLink.com/murl". This is especially convenient for messaging technologies that limit the number of characters that may be used in a message

#Installation

1. Download and install Node.js from here - https://nodejs.org/download/.
2. Download and install Redis from here - https://github.com/rgl/redis/downloads.
3. Start Redis Server, You can find redis documentation here - http://redis.io/documentation.
4. Clone project anywhere on you local machine.
5. Move to project directory via terminal.
6. $ sudo npm install
7. $ sudo node app or $ sudo node app.js