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Java Code - Url Shortener
package testjava;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Random;
/*
* URL Shortener
*/
public class URLShortener {
// storage for generated keys
private HashMap<String, String> keyMap; // key-url map
private HashMap<String, String> valueMap;// url-key map to quickly check
// whether an url is
// already entered in our system
private String domain; // Use this attribute to generate urls for a custom
// domain name defaults to http://fkt.in
private char myChars[]; // This array is used for character to number
// mapping
private Random myRand; // Random object used to generate random integers
private int keyLength; // the key length in URL defaults to 8
// Default Constructor
URLShortener() {
keyMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
valueMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
myRand = new Random();
keyLength = 8;
myChars = new char[62];
for (int i = 0; i < 62; i++) {
int j = 0;
if (i < 10) {
j = i + 48;
} else if (i > 9 && i <= 35) {
j = i + 55;
} else {
j = i + 61;
}
myChars[i] = (char) j;
}
domain = "http://fkt.in";
}
// Constructor which enables you to define tiny URL key length and base URL
// name
URLShortener(int length, String newDomain) {
this();
this.keyLength = length;
if (!newDomain.isEmpty()) {
newDomain = sanitizeURL(newDomain);
domain = newDomain;
}
}
// shortenURL
// the public method which can be called to shorten a given URL
public String shortenURL(String longURL) {
String shortURL = "";
if (validateURL(longURL)) {
longURL = sanitizeURL(longURL);
if (valueMap.containsKey(longURL)) {
shortURL = domain + "/" + valueMap.get(longURL);
} else {
shortURL = domain + "/" + getKey(longURL);
}
}
// add http part
return shortURL;
}
// expandURL
// public method which returns back the original URL given the shortened url
public String expandURL(String shortURL) {
String longURL = "";
String key = shortURL.substring(domain.length() + 1);
longURL = keyMap.get(key);
return longURL;
}
// Validate URL
// not implemented, but should be implemented to check whether the given URL
// is valid or not
boolean validateURL(String url) {
return true;
}
// sanitizeURL
// This method should take care various issues with a valid url
// e.g. www.google.com,www.google.com/, http://www.google.com,
// http://www.google.com/
// all the above URL should point to same shortened URL
// There could be several other cases like these.
String sanitizeURL(String url) {
if (url.substring(0, 7).equals("http://"))
url = url.substring(7);
if (url.substring(0, 8).equals("https://"))
url = url.substring(8);
if (url.charAt(url.length() - 1) == '/')
url = url.substring(0, url.length() - 1);
return url;
}
/*
* Get Key method
*/
private String getKey(String longURL) {
String key;
key = generateKey();
keyMap.put(key, longURL);
valueMap.put(longURL, key);
return key;
}
// generateKey
private String generateKey() {
String key = "";
boolean flag = true;
while (flag) {
key = "";
for (int i = 0; i <= keyLength; i++) {
key += myChars[myRand.nextInt(62)];
}
// System.out.println("Iteration: "+ counter + "Key: "+ key);
if (!keyMap.containsKey(key)) {
flag = false;
}
}
return key;
}
// test the code
public static void main(String args[]) {
URLShortener u = new URLShortener(5, "www.tinyurl.com/");
String urls[] = { "www.google.com/", "www.google.com",
"http://www.yahoo.com", "www.yahoo.com/", "www.amazon.com",
"www.amazon.com/page1.php", "www.amazon.com/page2.php",
"www.flipkart.in", "www.rediff.com", "www.techmeme.com",
"www.techcrunch.com", "www.lifehacker.com", "www.icicibank.com" };
for (int i = 0; i < urls.length; i++) {
System.out.println("URL:" + urls[i] + "\tTiny: "
+ u.shortenURL(urls[i]) + "\tExpanded: "
+ u.expandURL(u.shortenURL(urls[i])));
}
}
}
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