🔗 Serverless URL Shortener

A lightweight URL shortener built with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and Netlify. Paste a long URL, get a short one — just like that.

Live Demo: t-9.cc
Repo: jakoballen/UrlShortener

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🚀 Tech Stack

• Frontend Hosting: Netlify
• Redirect Handling: Netlify Edge Functions
• Backend Logic: AWS Lambda
• API Layer: AWS API Gateway
• Database: AWS DynamoDB
• Languages: JavaScript (Node.js)

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📦 Features

• Generate short links for long URLs
• Serverless architecture with Netlify, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB
• Persistent link storage using DynamoDB with 14-day expiry
• Redirect handling through Netlify Edge Functions
• Deployed with GitHub and Netlify CI/CD

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📸 Application Screenshot

A simple web interface for creating short URLs and copying them to the clipboard.

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🏗️ Architecture

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📂 Project Structure

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├── index.html               # Main frontend UI
├── script.js                # Frontend logic for submitting URLs
├── netlify.toml             # Netlify config for redirects and edge functions
├── package.json             # Project metadata and dependencies
├── package-lock.json
├── screenshots/
│   ├── screenshot.png       # Application screenshot
│   └── diagram.svg          # Architecture diagram
├── netlify/
│   ├── edge-functions/
│   │   ├── redirect.js      # Edge function handling redirects from short URLs
│   │   └── manifest.json    # Netlify edge function manifest
│   └── functions/
│       └── shorten.js       # Serverless function to create new short URLs
└── README.md