FreeCodeCampe URL Shortener Microservice
User Story: I can pass a URL as a parameter and I will receive a shortened URL in the JSON response.
User Story: If I pass an invalid URL that doesn't follow the valid http://www.example.com format, the JSON response will contain an error instead.
User Story: When I visit that shortened URL, it will redirect me to my original link.
Example Usage1: https://fccurlshortener.herokuapp.com/new/http://www.google.com
Example Output1: {original_url:url,short_url:https://fccurlshortener.herokuapp.com/1}
Example Usage2: https://fccurlshortener.herokuapp.com/1
Example Output2: Will open www.google.com
Example Usage3: https://fccurlshortener.herokuapp.com/google.com
Example Output3: {error: Invalid URL format. URL must comply to the following: http(s)://(www.)domain.ext(/*)}
Reference:
https://www.gorkahernandez.com/blog/create-url-shortener-node-js-mongodb/