Coding-Challenges

URL Shortener

This is a simple Bash script that shortens a given URL using the is.gd URL shortening service. The script takes a long URL as input and returns a shortened version of the URL.

Features

• Shortens URLs using the is.gd service.
• Displays the shortened URL with color formatting in the terminal.
• Uses figlet to display a stylized title.

Prerequisites

• Bash: This script runs in a Bash environment.
• curl: Used to make HTTP requests to the is.gd API. It should be pre-installed on most Unix-like systems.
• figlet: Used to display the title in a stylized format. Install it using the following commands:
• jq - For handling URL encoding (optional, if your URLs contain special characters)

Installing figlet

• On Ubuntu/Debian:

  sudo apt-get install figlet
  

  Installing jq

• On Ubuntu/Debian:

   sudo apt-get install jq
  

  Usage

  1. Clone the repository (or create the script file): ```bash git clone https://github.com/OsamaRab3/Coding-Challenges.git

cd Coding-Challenges/URL\ Shortener

2. Make the script executable:
```bash
chmod +x short.sh

1. Run the script with a URL to shorten:

   ./short.sh "https://github.com/OsamaRab3"
   

2. The script will output the shortened URL in green, and you can click on the link to be redirected to the original URL.