{"id":48320,"date":"2013-03-06T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T09:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=48320"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:41:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T08:41:15","slug":"simple-short-urls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/simple-short-urls\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Short URLs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/simple-short-urls\/#Creating_short_URLs\" >Creating short URLs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/simple-short-urls\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/simple-short-urls\/#About_the_author\" >About the author<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creating_short_URLs\"><\/span>Creating short URLs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I want to share with you an idea, or how to reinvent the wheel, if you need a short URL, but can\u2019t use side solutions, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.googleblog.com\/2018\/03\/transitioning-google-url-shortener.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">goo.gl<\/a>, and have a short domain. You can make a URL shorter on your own. First, we need to create a model with a destination path, parameter fields, and an appropriate controller. After that, we can route.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"n\">get<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'\/:id'<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'short_url#show'<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Then, we can make a redirect to a required path with saved parameters. If you need to create a very short URL for a tweet, for example, a digital <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">:id<\/code> can eat too many symbols in the result URL. To make it shorter, we can convert an <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">:id<\/code> number to a string (what, actually, URL shorters do). I have resolved this issue with the help of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Base64\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Base64<\/a> standart. In our case, it\u2019s just an array with characters and their IDs (codes). To convert an <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">:id<\/code> number to a short string, first, we convert it into a URL with Base64. This is the example of the <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">ShortUrl<\/code> model.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"k\">class<\/span> <span class=\"nc\">ShortUrl<\/span> <span class=\"o\">&lt;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">ActiveRecord<\/span><span class=\"o\">::<\/span><span class=\"no\">Base<\/span>\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"no\">SYMBOLS<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_\"<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"no\">DEFAULT_URL<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\"http:\/\/\"<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"s1\">'host'<\/span><span class=\"p\">],<\/span> <span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"s1\">'port'<\/span><span class=\"p\">].<\/span><span class=\"nf\">present?<\/span> <span class=\"p\">?<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\":<\/span><span class=\"si\">#{<\/span><span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"s1\">'port'<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span><span class=\"si\">}<\/span><span class=\"s2\">\"<\/span> <span class=\"p\">:<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">''<\/span><span class=\"p\">)].<\/span><span class=\"nf\">join<\/span>\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"n\">serialize<\/span> <span class=\"ss\">:params<\/span>\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"k\">def<\/span> <span class=\"nc\">self<\/span><span class=\"o\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">find_by_code<\/span> <span class=\"n\">string<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">find<\/span> <span class=\"n\">decode<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">string<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"k\">def<\/span> <span class=\"nc\">self<\/span><span class=\"o\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">generate<\/span> <span class=\"n\">path<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"n\">params<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">short_url_record<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"n\">create<\/span> <span class=\"k\">do<\/span> <span class=\"o\">|<\/span><span class=\"n\">t<\/span><span class=\"o\">|<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">t<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">path<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"n\">path<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">t<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">params<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"n\">params<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">t<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">save<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">if<\/span> <span class=\"n\">short_url_record<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">id<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"no\">DEFAULT_URL<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'\/'<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"n\">encode<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">short_url_record<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">id<\/span><span class=\"p\">)].<\/span><span class=\"nf\">join<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">else<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"kp\">nil<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"k\">def<\/span> <span class=\"nf\">full_path<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"no\">DEFAULT_URL<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"n\">path<\/span><span class=\"p\">].<\/span><span class=\"nf\">join<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"kp\">private<\/span>\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"k\">def<\/span> <span class=\"nc\">self<\/span><span class=\"o\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">encode<\/span> <span class=\"n\">number<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">base<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"no\">SYMBOLS<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">length<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">res<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"p\">[]<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">begin<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">code<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"n\">number<\/span> <span class=\"o\">%<\/span> <span class=\"n\">base<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">number<\/span> <span class=\"o\">\/=<\/span> <span class=\"n\">base<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">res<\/span> <span class=\"o\">&lt;&lt;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">SYMBOLS<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"n\">code<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">end<\/span> <span class=\"k\">until<\/span> <span class=\"n\">number<\/span> <span class=\"o\">==<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">0<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">res<\/span> <span class=\"o\">&lt;&lt;<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'s'<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">res<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">reverse<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">join<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n\r\n  <span class=\"k\">def<\/span> <span class=\"nc\">self<\/span><span class=\"o\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">decode<\/span> <span class=\"n\">string<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">begin<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">string<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"n\">string<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">match<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"sr\">\/\\A[s](.{1,5})\\z\/<\/span><span class=\"p\">)[<\/span><span class=\"mi\">1<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">i<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"n\">string<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">length<\/span> <span class=\"o\">-<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">1<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">res<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">0<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">string<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">each_char<\/span> <span class=\"k\">do<\/span> <span class=\"o\">|<\/span><span class=\"n\">c<\/span><span class=\"o\">|<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"n\">res<\/span> <span class=\"o\">+=<\/span> <span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"no\">SYMBOLS<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">index<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">c<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span> <span class=\"o\">*<\/span> <span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"no\">SYMBOLS<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">length<\/span> <span class=\"o\">**<\/span> <span class=\"n\">i<\/span><span class=\"p\">))<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"n\">i<\/span> <span class=\"o\">-=<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">1<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"n\">res<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">rescue<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"kp\">nil<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"k\">end<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>If you want to leave both route variants (a digital ID and a string ID), you can put a prefix before an encoded string (in this case, it\u2019s the <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">s<\/code> character) and use regular expression constraints in the route.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"n\">get<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'\/:id'<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'short_url#show'<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"ss\">constraints: <\/span><span class=\"p\">{<\/span> <span class=\"ss\">id: <\/span><span class=\"sr\">\/[s].{1,5}\/<\/span> <span class=\"p\">}<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The number of characters is limited to five, because you can encode a really big number (1073741823) with five characters that can never be used. These are some examples of encoding.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"n\">pry<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">main<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span><span class=\"o\">&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">ShortUrl<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">encode<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">12345<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"o\">=&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\"sDA5\"<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"n\">pry<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">main<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span><span class=\"o\">&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">ShortUrl<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">encode<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">1000000<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"o\">=&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\"sD0JA\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"n\">pry<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">main<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span><span class=\"o\">&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">ShortUrl<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">encode<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">1056698302<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"o\">=&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\"s-----\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"n\">pry<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">main<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span><span class=\"o\">&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">ShortUrl<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">encode<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">1827200481836<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"o\">=&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\"altoros\"<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Then, you should decode.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"n\">pry<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">main<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span><span class=\"o\">&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">ShortUrl<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">decode<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\"sFFFFF\"<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"o\">=&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"mi\">85217605<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>So, you can generate short URLs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"no\">ShortUrl<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">generate<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"n\">edit_user_path<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"vi\">@screener<\/span><span class=\"p\">),<\/span> <span class=\"ss\">reply_to: <\/span><span class=\"n\">reply_to<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The result should look like this.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"o\">=&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\"http:\/\/ru.by\/sKa\"<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/some-tricks-on-how-to-optimize-an-auto-complete-combobox-using-zk-and-java\/\">Some Tricks on How to Optimize an Auto-Complete Combobox Using ZK and Java<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/two-or-three-powerful-iterators\/\">Two Powerful Iterator Methods<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_the_author\"><\/span>About the author<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nikolai-sharangovich.png\" width=\"110\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-64162\" \/><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/n-sharangovich\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolai Sharangovich<\/a> is an experienced Ruby on Rails developer with a deep understanding of the object-oriented design and modern software principles. He likes to collaborate with product people to achieve a maximum impact. Find him on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Sharangovich\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making simply short urls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":58240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[1000,895],"class_list":["post-48320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-github","tag-research-and-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Simple Short URLs | Altoros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With code samples, this blog post exemplifies how to easily make short URLs without employing 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