README.md

URL-Shortener

A simple URL - Shortening web app written in Python and Flask, also comes with a simple API.

Dependencies

• Flask
  pip install flask

• Flask-SQLAlchemy
  pip install Flask-SQLAlchemy

• Gunicorn
  pip install gunicorn

or use: pip install -r requirements.txt

Deploying on Heroku

Change APP_URL in __init__.py (https://{your_heroku_app_name}.herokuapp.com/).
Clone and download the repository and run the following commands.
Note: Requires HerokuCLI. Install from here.

cd ./{PROJECT_DIR}
heroku create app_name
git init
heroku git:remote -a app_name
git add .
git commit -am "deploying"
git push heroku master