spoo.me

Shorten Your Url not Your Possibilities 🚀

🔥 Features 📌 Endpoints 🛠️ API Docs 🚀 Getting Started 🤝 Contributing

⚡ Introduction

spoo.me is a free, open-source service for shortening URLs. It offers URL statistics, a free API, and customization options. You can create custom slugs, add password protection, and manage link lifespans.

🔥 Features

• Custom Slugs - Create custom slugs for your URLs 🎯
• Emoji Slugs - Use emojis as slugs for your URLs 😃
• Password Protection - Protect your URLs with a password 🔒
• Link Max Clicks - Set a maximum number of clicks for your URLs 📈
• URL Statistics - View detailed statistics for your URLs 📊
• BOT Tracking - Track bot clicks on your URLs 🤖
• API - A free and open-sourced API for URL shortening and statistics 🛠️
• Export Click Data - Export click data as a CSV, JSON, XLSX, or XML file 📤
• Open Source - spoo.me is open-sourced and free to use 📖
• Absolutely Free - No hidden costs, no premium plans, no limitations 💸
• No Registration - No need to register an account to use spoo.me 📝
• Self Hosting - You can host spoo.me on your own server 🏠

📌 Endpoints

The basic structure for accessing a shortened URL is: https://spoo.me/<short_code>

Example - https://spoo.me/ga

🔐 Accessing Password-Protected URLs

For password-protected URLs, use the same basic structure. This redirects to a password entry page.

Example - https://spoo.me/exa
Password - Example@12

Tip

Bypass the password entry page by appending the password to the URL parameters - https://spoo.me/<short_code>?password=<password>

📈 Checking URL Statistics

To view the statistics for a URL, use the following structure: https://spoo.me/stats/<short_code>

Example - https://spoo.me/stats/ga

Note

You won't be able to view statistics for a password-protected page unless you provide its password.

🛠️ API Docs

Spoo.me offers a free, open-source API for URL shortening and statistics. Check it out below:

spoo.me API

🚀 Getting Started

To self-host spoo.me on your server, follow the this detailed guide:

Self-Hosting Guide 🏠

Expand this for a Quick Start

Method 1 - Docker (Recommended)

📋 Prerequisites

• Docker 🐳

📂 Clone the repository (Docker Method)

git clone https://github.com/spoo-me/url-shortener.git

Rename .env.example to .env

mv .env.example .env

➕ Adding environment variables to .env file

MONGODB_URI=<your_MONGODB_URI>
CONTACT_WEBHOOK=<valid_webhook_URI>
URL_REPORT_WEBHOOK=<valid_webhook_URI>

[!NOTE] With this method, you can either use a cloud service like MongoDB Atlas to store the data remotely or you can use a local MongoDB instance. If you want to use a local MongoDB instance, your MongoDB URI would be mongodb://localhost:27017/.

🚀 Starting the server

docker-compose up

Method 2 - Manual

📋 Prerequisites

• MongoDB 🌿
  • MongoDB is only required if you want to store the data locally. You can also use a cloud service like MongoDB Atlas to store the data remotely.
• Python 🐍
• PIP 📦
• Virtualenv (Optional) 🌐

📂 Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/spoo-me/url-shortener.git

Creating a virtual environment (Optional)

python3 -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment (Optional)

source venv/bin/activate

📦 Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Rename .env.example to .env

mv .env.example .env

➕ Adding environment variables to .env file

MONGODB_URI=<your_MONGODB_URI>
CONTACT_WEBHOOK=<valid_webhook_URI>
URL_REPORT_WEBHOOK=<valid_webhook_URI>

[!NOTE] If you installed MongoDB locally, your MongoDB URI would be mongodb://localhost:27017/ or if you are using MongoDB Atlas, you can find your MongoDB URI in the Connect tab of your cluster.

🚀 Starting the server

python main.py

🌐 Access the server

Open your browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to access the spoo.me URL shortener.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are always welcome! 🎉 Here's how you can contribute:

• Bugs are logged using the github issue system. To report a bug, simply open a new issue.
• Follow the contribution guidelines to get started.
• Make a pull request for any feature or bug fix.

Important

For any type of support or queries, feel free to reach out to us at ✉️ support@spoo.me

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