🚀 URL Shortener

Welcome to URL Shortener—an advanced, user-friendly solution for shrinking long URLs and tracking clicks. Crafted as a learning journey and practical tool using modern full-stack tech!

🌟 Features

• Shorten long URLs to easy-to-share short links
• Track total clicks per short URL
• Responsive and user-friendly frontend interface
• Fast, scalable backend API
• Custom link aliases (coming soon!)
• Security checks against malicious URLs

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React + Vite
• Backend: Node.js + Express
• Database: MongoDB

💡 Motivation

This project reflects countless hours of learning, coding, and design. Every feature—API logic to UI—is built to showcase code quality and modern web development best practices.

⚡ Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js and npm installed
• (Optional) MongoDB or other database setup

Installation & Setup

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/url_shortener.git
   cd url_shortener
   

2. Install dependencies

   cd Backend
   npm install
   cd ../Frontend
   npm install
   

3. Configure environment variables
   Create .env files in Backend and Frontend with required keys (see .env.example if available).

4. Start the development servers

   cd Backend
   npm run dev
   cd ../Frontend
   npm run dev
   

📁 Project Structure

url_shortener/ ├── Backend/ # REST API and server logic ├── Frontend/ # React app UI ├── .gitignore # Smart ignore rules for commits ├── README.md # Project documentation └── LICENSE # MIT License

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📸 Demo & Screenshots

Coming soon! Stay tuned for live demo links and UI screenshots.

🤝 Contributing

Feedback, issues, and pull requests are welcome! Share ideas or open bugs to help this project grow.

📝 License

MIT

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