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• kubernetes
• kubernetes ingress
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  🌟 ShortURL Application 🌟

  

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Overview

Python Url Shortner is a web application that provides URL shortening functionality along with user interface, authentication, reporting, and URL shortening services.

Services

UI Service

• Description: This service provides the user interface for the URL shortener application.
• Path: /
• Kubernetes Service Name: flask-uiapp
• Port: 5000

AUTH Service

• Description: This service handles user authentication and interacts with the database for user information.
• Paths:
  • /api/v1/auth/register
  • /api/v1/auth/login
• Kubernetes Service Name: flask-authapp
• Port: 5000

REPORT Service

• Description: This service generates reports showing URLs visited by users.
• Path: /report
• Kubernetes Service Name: flask-reportapp
• Port: 5000

URL-SHORT Service

• Description: This service shortens long URLs and redirects users to the original URL.
• Paths:
  • /api/url
  • /r/<short_url> –> “" this is a short url which can be used to visit the long url
  • /allurls
• Kubernetes Service Name: flask-shorturlapp
• Port: 5000

Usage

To access the various services, use the appropriate paths mentioned above in combination with the base URL of your Kubernetes cluster.

For example:

• To access the UI Service: http://<cluster-ip>/
• To register a new user: http://<cluster-ip>/api/v1/auth/register
• To shorten a URL: http://<cluster-ip>/api/url

Installation

1. Clone the repository.
2. Deploy the services to your Kubernetes cluster using the provided Kubernetes configuration files.

Dependencies

• Python 3.x
• Flask
• Kubernetes

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request.