🚀 QRXRQ URL Shortener

QRXRQ is an URL shortening service that allows users to shorten and manage links efficiently. It features a React frontend with Tailwind CSS and a Node.js backend with MongoDB and Redis for performance optimization.

🌐 Click To Try It 👀

Check out the live demo: qrxrq.com

🌟 Features

• Shorten long URLs with a custom incrementing ID approach
• Fast redirection with Redis caching
• User-friendly frontend with dark/light mode
• REST API for URL management
• Secure and scalable architecture
• 404 page is used to redirect to the backend.

🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

• React.js with Vite
• Tailwind CSS v4
• Vue Router (for routing)
• ShadCN UI (for UI components)
• Hosted on GitHub Pages

Backend

• Node.js with Express
• MongoDB (Azure Cosmos DB) (primary database)
• Redis (Azure Cache for Redis) (caching layer)
• API for URL creation and retrieval
• Hosted on Azure Linux F1 SKU

🚀 CI/CD

• Frontend: Automated deployment to GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions
• Backend: Continuous Deployment to Azure Linux F1 SKU using GitHub Actions

📌 Getting Started

✅ Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js (v16+)
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Git

📥 Installation

🔽 Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/landofcash/qrxrq.git
cd qrxrq

🏗 Backend Setup

cd qrxrq-backend
npm install
cp .env.example .env  # Configure your environment variables
npm run dev

🎨 Frontend Setup

cd qrxrq-frontend
npm install
npm run dev

📡 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/shorten	Shorten a URL
GET	/:shortId	Redirect to the original URL

🚢 Deployment

You can deploy the frontend and backend separately:

• Frontend: GitHub Pages (automated via CI/CD)
• Backend: Azure Linux F1 SKU (automated via CI/CD)

📜 License

This project is POC, licensed under the MIT License.