create-url.md

Create Short Url

Returns json data about a created url.

• URL

  /urls.json

• Method:

  POST

• URL Params

  Required:

  url => { original_url => [string] }

• Success Response:

  • Code: 200
    Content: { "id": 6, "original_url": "abc.com", "created_at": "2018-09-20T13:49:15.169Z", "updated_at": "2018-09-20T13:49:15.169Z", "short_url": "http://localhost:3000/weqccua177", "url": "http://localhost:3000/urls/weqccua177.json" }

• Error Response:

  • Code: 422 Unprocessable Entity
    Content: { "original_url": [ "invalid URL" ] }

  • Code: 422 Unprocessable Entity
    Content: { "original_url": [ "already exists" ] }

• Sample Call:

    $.ajax({
      url: "/urls",
      dataType: "json",
      data: {url: {original_url: 'abc.com'}},
      type : "POST",
      success : function(r) {
        console.log(r);
      }
    });