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| new 0.0.2 | Mar 19, 2025 |
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| 0.0.1 | Mar 19, 2025 |
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Swiftlink
Blazingly fast, memory-efficient and safe URL shortener to fit you.
Swiftlink is a URL shortener built with Rust and Actix. It enabled you to create short links from long URLs and provides a simple API for managing these links. The service uses PostgreSQL for database operations.
Table of Contents
Features
- Create short links from long URLs.
- Customizability in mind, from database options to the web server.
- Database configuration for PostgreSQL.
- Flexible logging with configurable log levels.
Usage
./swiftlink --config path/to/config.toml --log-level Info
Configuration
The configuration file is in TOML format and should be placed wherever you want, given you specify the right path. We have an example can config file.
| Value | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
code_size |
Length of the generated short link code | 6 |
port |
Port for the web server to listen on | 8080 |
username |
Database username | postgres |
password |
Database password | password |
host |
Database host | localhost |
port |
Database port | 5432 |
database |
Database name | swiftlink_db |
max_connections |
Maximum database connections | 5 |
Contributions
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.
Roadmap
Functionality:
- Add authentication support (JWT or similar).
- Add /api/info endpoint.
- Deduplicate links.
- Check if links exist before creating.
Look and feel:
- Make project logo for favicon.ico.
- Add landing page:
- Information about the project
- Simple usage with cURL
- Templating (handlebars) for the landing page (domain, port, etc)
Documentation:
- Information about the API
License
Dual-licensed under Apache v2 or MIT.
Dependencies
~24–38MB
~686K SLoC