Project Golang Backend

This project is a URL Shortener with analytics and modern tooling.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Golang

  • Gin – HTTP framework
  • GORM – ORM for Postgres
  • go-redis – Redis client

• Database:

  • PostgreSQL – persistent storage
  • Redis – caching and fast lookups

• Frontend:

  • Next.js – React-based web framework

Features

• Shorten long URLs into unique short codes
• Redirect short codes to original URLs
• Store link data in PostgreSQL
• Cache lookups in Redis for performance
• Basic analytics (click counts, timestamps, referrers, etc.)
• Web UI built with Next.js

Development

Prerequisites

• Go 1.22+
• Node.js 18+
• PostgreSQL 14+
• Redis 7+

Run Backend

go run ./cmd/server

Run Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Project Structure

/cmd/server        # Main server entrypoint
/internal          # Application code
    /api           # Handlers
    /db            # Database models, migrations
    /cache         # Redis logic
/frontend          # Next.js frontend

Roadmap

• User accounts and authentication
• Custom short codes
• Detailed analytics dashboard
• Deployment with Docker
• CI/CD setup