Qysqa – shorten your URL.
~ A simple URL-shortening website.
how do you pronounce it tho?
– It’s “qısqa”, which means “short” in Kazakh
Why to use?
Simplicity. Qysqa is really easy to use and it’s completely free!
Run locally
Clone the repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/Dositan/qysqa.git
CD into the directory, spawn virtual environment and install dependencies:
$ cd qysqa
$ poetry shell
$ poetry install
Run app with:
$ flask run
NOTE: When running locally all short URLs will also be local.
Qysqa also provides simple CLI features:
$ flask --help
Usage: flask [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
...
Commands:
init-db Clear the existing data and create new tables.
main Make URL manipulations directly in the terminal
routes Show the routes for the app.
run Run a development server.
shell Run a shell in the app context.
Todo
- Implement auth feature
- Ability to sort by user ID
- User statistics
- Better CLI
- Ability to use other shorteners
- Deploy to Heroku
