What is the simplest URL shortener application one could write in python for the Google App Engine?

That sounds like a challenge! From google.appengine. Ext import db from google.appengine.

Ext import webapp from google.appengine.ext. Webapp import run_wsgi_app class ShortLink(db. Model): url = db.

TextProperty(required=True) class CreateLinkHandler(webapp. RequestHandler): def post(self): link = ShortLink(url=self.request. POST'url') link.put() self.response.out.

Write("%s/%d" % (self.request. Host_url, link.key().id()) def get(self): self.response.out. Write('') class VisitLinkHandler(webapp.

RequestHandler): def get(self, id): link = ShortLink. Get_by_id(int(id)) if not link: self. Error(404) else: self.

Redirect(link. Url) application = webapp. WSGIApplication( ('/create', CreateLinkHandler), ('/(\d+)', VisitLinkHandler), ) def main(): run_wsgi_app(application) if __name__ == "__main__": main().

2 Nice indeed -- simple, clear, effective! – Alex Martelli Sep 10 '09 at 15:29 Can you provide a link to a working sample? – trusktr Mar 2 '11 at 0:41 @trusktr I wouldn't actually put up something this simple (or recommend anyone else do) - it's likely to be prone to abuse, since it has nothing to protect against abuse by spammers etc.– Nick Johnson Mar 2 '11 at 0:43.

There is a django app on github, github.com/nileshk/url-shortener. I forked it to make it more of an all encompassing site,github.com/voidfiles/url-shortener.

Similar, complete with GAE project boilerplate: https://github.com/dustingetz/vanity-redirect.

Google now as a Google Shortening API that you can use to call theres.

Dead link - please update. – ehfeng Sep 17 '11 at 17:11 1 code.google.com/apis/urlshortener/v1/get..._started. Html – Tim Fletcher Sep 24 '11 at 22:31 Thanks Tim for updating!

– ehfeng Sep 26 '11 at 15:44 One reason to write your own: you want to provide a URL shortener for your company intranet. – Maxy-B Nov 23 '11 at 19:27.

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