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orlovtech/short-link
====================

Link shortener package for Laravel

v0.6.0(8mo ago)07701MITPHPPHP ^8.1CI passing

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Laravel Link Shortener
======================

[](#laravel-link-shortener)

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Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Overview](#overview)
- [Installation](#installation)
    - [Requirements](#requirements)
    - [Install the Package](#install-the-package)
    - [Publish the Config and Migrations](#publish-the-config-and-migrations)
    - [Migrate the Database](#migrate-the-database)
- [Generate the Link](#generate-the-link)
- [Use the link](#use-the-link)
- [Testing](#testing)
- [License](#license)

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

A Laravel package that can be used for adding shortened URLs to your existing web app.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

The package has been developed and tested to work with the following minimum requirements:

- PHP >=8.1
- Laravel >=9.0

### Install the Package

[](#install-the-package)

You can install the package via Composer:

```
composer require orlovtech/short-link
```

### Publish the Config and Migrations

[](#publish-the-config-and-migrations)

You can then publish the package's config file and database migrations by using the following command:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="OrlovTech\ShortLink\Providers\ShortLinkServiceProvider"
```

at this config file you can change the prefix you want to use. By default it's a `/short/`.

### Migrate the Database

[](#migrate-the-database)

This package contains one migration that add a new table to the database: `short_links`. To run this migration, simply run the following command:

```
php artisan migrate
```

### Generate the Link

[](#generate-the-link)

The fastest way to generate new link is to use the facade `OrlovTech\ShortLink\Facades\ShortLink` like this:

```
ShortLink::generate('https://yourlink.com');
```

This method will return you short version of your link.

Method `generate` also has the second parameter `singleUse` as an option. With this parameter you can specify that your link should be deleted after it was used for the first time.

So the full view might be:

```
ShortLink::generate(
    'https://yourlink.com',
    singleUse: true,
);
```

To show ready link use param `default_short_url` like so:

```
$link = ShortLink::generate('https://yourlink.com');

echo config('app.url') . $link->default_short_url;
```

### Use the link

[](#use-the-link)

When you have ready link you can use the endpoint `https://yourdomain.com/short/628ac418-865a`

where `short` is the prefix from config file

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

To run the package's unit tests, run the following command:

```
vendor/bin/phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~127 days

Recently: every ~185 days

Total

7

Last Release

265d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^8.1|^8.2

v0.4.0PHP ^8.1|^8.2|^8.3

v0.5.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ef2c82321a1c55e51bcabef148cf17b1aef6da49d1717bb1c3cb4f33d81bb893?d=identicon)[orlovtech](/maintainers/orlovtech)

---

Top Contributors

[![orlovtech](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5249166?v=4)](https://github.com/orlovtech "orlovtech (23 commits)")[![erikn69](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4933954?v=4)](https://github.com/erikn69 "erikn69 (3 commits)")

---

Tags

laravellaravel-packagephp8

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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