Short URL Package for Laravel Applications

 Short URL by Ash Allen is a Laravel package for creating shortened URLs in your Laravel applications. You can easily create a new short URL with the following code to get started:

1use AshAllenDesign\ShortURL\Classes\Builder;
2 
3$builder = new Builder();
4 
5$shortURLObject = $builder->destinationUrl('https://destination.com')->make();
6$shortURL = $shortURLObject->default_short_url;

It's up to you to configure and build short URLs around your existing data; for example, you could generate a short URL when a new post model is published.

This package provides all the basics and a bunch of advanced features to start creating short, sharable URLs for your apps. Its main features include:

• Custom URL Keys
• Single-use short URLs
• Enforce HTTPS
• Configure redirect status code (302 found instead of 301 permanent)
• Make a short URL active and inactive on a certain date
• Track Visitors:
  • IP Address
  • Browser Name
  • Browser Version
  • Operating System Name
  • Operating System Version
  • Referrer URL (the URL that the visitor originally came from)
  • Device Type (can be: desktop/mobile/tablet/robot)

Here are more examples of working with existing ShortURL model instances from the README:

 1use \AshAllenDesign\ShortURL\Models\ShortURL;
 2 
 3// Find URL by key
 4$shortURL = ShortURL::findByKey('abc123');
 5 
 6// Find by destination
 7$shortURLs = ShortURL::findByDestinationURL('https://destination.com');
 8 
 9// Enable tracking to an existing short URL instance
10$shortURL->trackingEnabled();
11 
12// Get model properties, such as visits
13$shortURL = ShortURL::find(1);
14$visits = $shortURL->visits;
15 
16// Single-use short URL
17$builder = new \AshAllenDesign\ShortURL\Classes\Builder();
18 
19$shortURLObject = $builder
20    ->destinationUrl('https://destination.com')
21    ->singleUse()
22    ->make();