arietimmerman

laravel-url-shortener

 [](https://packagist.org/packages/arietimmerman/laravel-url-shortener) [](https://packagist.org/packages/arietimmerman/laravel-url-shortener) A minimal Laravel package for shortening URLs. Apart for creating short URLs - like bitly - it also supported updating URL redirects and tracking URL clicks. # Laravel URL Shortener Install the package. It supports Laravel 5.5 and up (including 7.0 and up). ~~~ composer require arietimmerman/laravel-url-shortener php artisan migrate ~~~ And start shortening URLs ~~~.php (string)URLShortener::shorten("http://www.example.com"); ~~~ Or ~~~.bash php artisan url:shorten http://www.example.com ~~~ ## Usage for Laravel < 5.5 Add the _service provider_ in your `config/app.php`. ~~~.php 'providers' => [ /* [..] */ \ArieTimmerman\Laravel\URLShortener\ServiceProvider::class /* [..] */ ]; ~~~ ## Optional Publish the configuration and the view. ~~~.php php artisan vendor:publish --provider="ArieTimmerman\Laravel\URLShortener\ServiceProvider" ~~~ Optionally, register for URLVisit events in your `EventServiceProvider`. ~~~.php protected $listen = [ 'ArieTimmerman\Laravel\URLShortener\Events\URLVisit' => [ 'App\Listener\YourListener', ] ]; ~~~ ## Configuration See `config/urlshortener.php` ## Docker Build and start the docker container. ~~~ docker-compose build docker-compose up ~~~ Now shorten an URL like this ~~~ docker-compose exec laravel-url-shortener php artisan url:shorten https://www.example.com ~~~ Check out the redirect ~~~ curl -v http://localhost:18123/code ~~~