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Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running follow these simple example steps.

Prerequisites

• Docker - an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications.
  • https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/

Start server

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/dphong1995/shorten_url.git

2. Start containers

   docker-compose up

Access the Frontend application by using http://localhost:3003

Run Test

1. Start containers

   docker-compose up

2. Prepare test db

    docker-compose exec be rails db:reset db:prepare RAILS_ENV=test

3. Run test

   docker-compose exec be rails test

Scalability

• In case there are too many existing URLs and the system cannot generate a unique 6-characters token anymore due to duplication, we can increase the token length by setting TOKEN_LENGTH variable.