README.md

🔗 URL Shortener 🔗

A simple URL shortener using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Redis.

Features

• 🔗 Input a URL and get a shortened URL
• 🙋‍♀️ Use a "human-readable" slug for the shortened URL
• 🔁 Redirect to the original URL using the shortened URL
• 📱 Generate a QR code for the URL

Usage

You can try it online at https://short-ener.vercel.app

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies (npm install or yarn install or pnpm install)
3. Setup a Vercel KV storage and download the .env file
4. Set the VERCEL_URL and KV_NAMESPACE_ID in the .env file (https://localhost:3000 for local development)
5. Start the development server (npm run dev or yarn dev or pnpm dev)