Shorti.fy — URL Shortener (Django)

Shorti.fy is a simple and fast URL shortening service built with Python + Django.
It allows users to create short, clean links and manage them in a personal dashboard.

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Preview

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Features

• User registration and authentication (sign up / log in / log out)
• Edit profile information (username, email)
• Change password
• Create short links from long URLs
• Automatic short code generation (if left empty)
• View, edit and delete your links
• Form validation & error handling
• Clean minimalistic CSS interface
• Instant redirection via /s/<code>/
• 18 automated unit tests (Django TestCase)

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Tech Stack

• Python 3.11+
• Django 5.x
• HTML, CSS
• SQLite (for development)

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Project Structure

link-shortener/
├── links/          # Models, views, forms, tests
├── shortener/      # Project settings and URLs
├── templates/      # HTML templates
├── static/         # CSS, images
├── manage.py
├── requirements.txt
└── .gitignore

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How to Run Locally

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/eva-maker/link-shortener.git
cd link-shortener

2. Create a virtual environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate      # macOS / Linux
venv\Scripts\activate         # Windows

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run migrations

python manage.py migrate

5. Start the development server

python manage.py runserver

Open your browser at: http://127.0.0.1:8000/

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Run Tests

python manage.py test links

Expected output: Ran 18 tests — OK

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Author: Yeva Bykova