📚 StudyLinks

A simple, fast, and friendly URL shortener built with Flask + MongoDB. Perfect for saving long educational links with a quick code you can remember. 🧠🔗

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🚀 Try it out

Paste your long study URL, get a tiny code like #abc123, and use that code to get back to it later!

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🌟 Features

• 🔒 URL validation & smart formatting
• 🪄 Random code generation (like #xYz9T3)
• 💾 MongoDB for persistent storage
• 📈 Basic API for stats

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Python (Flask)
• MongoDB Atlas
• HTML + Bootstrap (for the frontend)

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📸 Screenshots

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💡 Getting Started

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/TraxDinosaur/StudyLinks.git
   cd StudyLinks

2. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the server

   python app.py

4. Open your browser

   http://localhost:5000
   

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🧪 API Endpoint

• /api/stats – returns basic count of stored links

{
  "total_urls": 12,
  "total_codes": 12
}

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👤 Author

TraxDinosaur 🌐 traxdinosaur.github.io

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📄 License

Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 Feel free to remix or share – just give credit and share alike.

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