Lil-URL

A full stack web app built with Node and Express that allows users to shorten long URLs.

User Stories

Lil-URL is solving some basic problems a regular user to twitter might face. -As an avid twitter poster, I want to be able to shorten links so that I can fit more non-link text in my tweets.

-As a twitter reader, 
I want to be able to visit sites via shortened links, 
so that I can read interesting content.

-As an avid twitter poster, 
I want to be able to see how many times my subscribers visit my links 
so that I can learn what content they like.

Lil-URL simply provides a six-character long link to any given URL.

Dependencies

• Node.js
• Express
• EJS
• bcrypt
• body-parser
• cookie-session

Getting Started

• Install all dependencies (using the npm install command).
• Run the development web server using the node express_server.js command.