Create URL shortener

🌳 Feature Request

Background

Some times, it would be very handy to create short URLs for user to share.

Initial proposal

• Create a new table in the database to store the short urls
• Add an endpoint to shorten a URL:
  • Add the URL in the database if not found
• When someone reads the URL, increment a counter?

Links / references

See https://blog.logrocket.com/how-build-url-shortener-node-js/

Acceptance criteria

• If I send a URL to the shortener
• A short url should be returned