Short Link Redirector

Welcome to the documentation for the Bypass Censorship’s Short Link Redirector application. This documentation provides detailed information about the features, components, and usage of the application. The Short Link Redirector is a web application that allows users to generate short links and direct mirror links for URLs.

Features

The Short Link Redirector application offers the following features:

• Short Link Generation: Users can generate short links for URLs, making them easier to share and remember.

• Direct Mirror Links: Users can generate and discover direct mirror links that are currently live.

• Country-based Redirect: The application can redirect users to mirror servers based on their country, improving user experience.

• API Key Authentication: Users can authenticate their requests using API keys, enabling access to mirrors in private resource pools.

• GeoIP Integration: The application optionally leverages GeoIP data to perform country lookups for IP addresses.

Components

The Short Link Redirector application consists of the following main components:

• Flask Web Server: The web server that hosts the application and handles incoming HTTP requests.

• SQLAlchemy: The ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) library used for interacting with the database.

• GeoIP Database: The MaxMind GeoIP database that provides country information for IP addresses.

• Hashids: The library used for encoding and decoding the short link hashes.

Documentation Structure

This documentation is structured into the following sections:

1. Installation: Provides instructions for installing and setting up the Short Link Redirector application.

2. Configuration: Explains the configuration options and how to customize the application’s behavior.

We recommend reading through the documentation sequentially to gain a comprehensive understanding of the application and its features.