Let's create a URL expander with Node.JS

Const express = require('express') Const request = require('request') Const app = express() App.use(express.static('public')) App.get('/', (req, res) => { res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html') }) App.get('/expand', (req, res) => { let shortUrl = req.query.shortUrl // If the shortUrl doesn't start with http, add add https:// in front of it // So eg. example.com becomes https://example.com if(!shortUrl.startsWith('http')) shortUrl = 'https://' + shortUrl request({ url: shortUrl, method: "HEAD", followAllRedirects: true }, (err, response, body) => { if (err) { console.log(err) res.send("Error") } else { // Sending back the full url res.send(response.request.href) } }) }) App.listen(3000, () => { console.log('Server is running on port 3000') }).

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Bitly

There are many tools like bitly, shorturl etc. Through which we can convert our long and messy URL into a short and better looking URL. For example https://www.youtube.com/c/AngleBrace can become shorturl.at/asIW4.

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