Snipx
Custom URL shortener platform with permanent and auto-expiring links plus click analytics.
Project overview
- Short URLs with custom or auto-generated aliases
- Permanent links in the DB; temporary links auto-expire after TTL
- Link management dashboard for viewing and disabling links
- Analytics: total clicks, recent activity, basic referrer data
- Server-side validation and rate limiting to prevent abuse
The challenge
- Balancing convenience with security for public link creation
- Reliable automatic cleanup of expiring links
- Lightweight analytics that never slow redirects
The solution
- Custom PHP router & clean slugs
- TTL-based expiration job
- Optimized redirect flow
- Click/event logging
- Admin controls to disable/cleanup
Key deliverables
- Short link creation (permanent & temporary)
- Link management dashboard
- Auto-expiry & cleanup
- Analytics: clicks & recent activity
- Security & rate limiting
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