config/settings.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
     "core.apps.CoreConfig",
     "dashboard.apps.DashboardConfig",
+    "shorturls.apps.ShorturlsConfig",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [

config/urls.py

@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("", include("core.urls", namespace="core")),
     path("accounts/", include("accounts.urls")),
     path("dashboard/", include("dashboard.urls", namespace="dashboard")),
+    path("", include("shorturls.urls", namespace="shorturls")),
 ]

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "tdg-rocks"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "Add your description here"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"

shorturls/admin.py

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from .models import ShortURL
+
+
+@admin.register(ShortURL)
+class ShortURLAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ["long_url", "short_url", "followed"]

shorturls/apps.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ShorturlsConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "shorturls"

shorturls/migrations/0001_initial.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.7 on 2025-11-06 12:17
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = []
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="ShortURL",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("created", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ("followed", models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)),
+                ("long_url", models.TextField()),
+                ("short_url", models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=20, unique=True)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "ordering": ["created"],
+            },
+        ),
+    ]

shorturls/models.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+from .utils import create_short_url
+
+
+class ShortURL(models.Model):
+    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    followed = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
+    long_url = models.TextField()
+    short_url = models.CharField(max_length=20, unique=True, blank=True)
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not self.short_url:
+            self.short_url = create_short_url(self)
+        super().save()
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["created"]

shorturls/tests.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.

shorturls/urls.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.urls import path
+
+from . import views
+
+app_name = "shorturls"
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("<str:shorturl>/", views.ShorturlsRedirectView.as_view(), name="redirect"),
+]

shorturls/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from random import choice
+from string import ascii_letters, digits
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+SIZE = getattr(settings, "MAXIMUM_URL_CHARS", 10)
+AVAILABLE_CHARS = ascii_letters + digits
+
+
+def create_random_code(chars=AVAILABLE_CHARS):
+    return "".join([choice(chars) for _ in range(SIZE)])
+
+
+def create_short_url(model_instance):
+    random_code = create_random_code()
+    model_class = model_instance.__class__
+    if model_class.objects.filter(short_url=random_code).exists():
+        return create_short_url(model_instance)
+    return random_code

shorturls/views.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView
+
+from .models import ShortURL
+
+
+class ShorturlsRedirectView(RedirectView):
+    def get_redirect_url(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        url = get_object_or_404(ShortURL, short_url=kwargs["shorturl"])
+        url.followed += 1
+        url.save()
+        return url.long_url

uv.lock

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tdg-rocks"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = { virtual = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "django" },