How do I create a URL shortener?

Question

I want to create a URL shortener service where you can write a long URL into an input field and the service shortens the URL to \"http://www.example.org/abcdef\

Answer 1

Very good answer, I have created a Golang implementation of the bjf:

package bjf

import (
    "math"
    "strings"
    "strconv"
)

const alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789"

func Encode(num string) string {
    n, _ := strconv.ParseUint(num, 10, 64)
    t := make([]byte, 0)

    /* Special case */
    if n == 0 {
        return string(alphabet[0])
    }

    /* Map */
    for n > 0 {
        r := n % uint64(len(alphabet))
        t = append(t, alphabet[r])
        n = n / uint64(len(alphabet))
    }

    /* Reverse */
    for i, j := 0, len(t) - 1; i < j; i, j = i + 1, j - 1 {
        t[i], t[j] = t[j], t[i]
    }

    return string(t)
}

func Decode(token string) int {
    r := int(0)
    p := float64(len(token)) - 1

    for i := 0; i < len(token); i++ {
        r += strings.Index(alphabet, string(token[i])) * int(math.Pow(float64(len(alphabet)), p))
        p--
    }

    return r
}

Hosted at github: https://github.com/xor-gate/go-bjf