Rails generate short route

Question

Hi :) I have a question I'm not really sure how to fix or solve the specific problem.

I am using MongoDB .

I would like to make my route small to share it to the public.

For example

https://example.com/api/v1/users/:user_id/pictures/:picture_id

To

https://example.com/aghu234

Because I don't want that other users see the how path. I hope you guys can help me :)

Answer 1

You can use shortener gem, but there is no fun in using 3rd party gems. So, If you want in-house version then you can use following sample code.

ALLOWED_CHARACTER_SPACE = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789".split(//)
def convert_uid_to_short(uid)
        surl = ''
        base = ALLOWED_CHARACTER_SPACE.length
        while uid > 0
            surl << ALLOWED_CHARACTER_SPACE[uid.modulo(base)]
            uid /= base
        end
        surl.reverse
    end

In above method, you have pass uid, a unique identifier in integer format for your url/api. It will return a short url for the unique identifier. You can then use the short version in your code appropriately.

Sample:

convert_uid_to_short(10)
output: k

convert_uid_to_short(1043234)
output: exyw