1. Send POST request to test.com/shrink with details to create a link. clicks defines if click events should be saved for analytics. expires defines when the link will return 404s and no longer redirect.

{
    "link": "https://youtube.com",
    "clicks": true,
    "expires": "2021-07-22T20:55:00",
    // "slug": "custom slug is optional"
}

The response will list the slug (unique id) of the link.

{
    "slug": "1vVGu3wpWWRiUZhXWJT7tElmzNw"
}

The full link will look like https://test.com/1vVGu3wpWWRiUZhXWJT7tElmzNw. This is what end users should click for redirection/analytics.

2. Send a GET request to test.com/link/1vVGu3wpWWRiUZhXWJT7tElmzNw to get metadata about the link. key is the api key id used to create the link.

{
    "slug": "1vVGu3wpWWRiUZhXWJT7tElmzNw",
    "link": "https://youtube.com",
    "key": "fp0y0hnmph",
    "clicks": true,
    "expires": "2021-07-22T20:55:00.000Z",
    "created": "2021-07-18T20:27:41.793Z"
}

• use typed errors
• create glue crawler
• create glue table/database
• use athena to create monthly reports
• allow custom slug