node-short-url

URL shortener for usage with node.js applications. Supports multiple backends.

Interface

Promise shorten(url[, opts])

Shorten a URL using the requested backend.

opts

• backendType String

  • Provide a backend type to use or override process.env.NODE_SHORT_URL_BACKEND.

• backendOptions Object

  • Backend specific options to use for short url generation.

Environment Variables

• NODE_SHORT_URL_BACKEND
  • Define the short url backend to use. Can override with opts.backendType.

Backends

Firebase

https://firebase.google.com/docs/reference/dynamic-links/link-shortener

Create dynamic links via Firebase's API. Options are provided in the dynamicLinkInfo JSON format.

Default Options

• suffix.option
  • Defaults to SHORT.

Required Environment Variables

• NODE_SHORT_URL_FIREBASE_DOMAIN
• NODE_SHORT_URL_FIREBASE_API_KEY
  • Can pass backendOptions.key to override.