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MightyByte Backend Challenge

The document outlines a backend challenge to build a URL shortening app server in JavaScript/TypeScript. It requires implementing a POST endpoint that generates a random 10-character code to shorten URLs and persist them without a database, while also ensuring reliable delivery of the shortened URL to the client. Additionally, the server must handle GET requests to return the original URL associated with the shortened code in a JSON format.

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MightyByte Backend Challenge

The document outlines a backend challenge to build a URL shortening app server in JavaScript/TypeScript. It requires implementing a POST endpoint that generates a random 10-character code to shorten URLs and persist them without a database, while also ensuring reliable delivery of the shortened URL to the client. Additionally, the server must handle GET requests to return the original URL associated with the shortened code in a JSON format.

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MightyByte Backend Challenge

The code should be written in JavaScript/TypeScript.

IMPORTANT: After finishing the project, please invite [email protected] and


[email protected] to your GitHub repository.

Please direct any questions to [email protected].

Please send your final response to [email protected],


[email protected] and [email protected].

Build an app server and implement a POST request endpoint (/url) that receives a
URL through a parameter called "url". This endpoint will shorten the URL following
the rules below:
● Generate a random 10 character code that accepts both letters and numbers.
● Append the generated code to the server's base URL (e.g. localhost,
127.0.0.1).
● Associate the above result with the URL sent by the client and persist it. Don't
use a database for this, but consider that read/write operations will be
asynchronous.

After shortening the URL, the server has to return the result to the client, but not
through the request's response. Feel free to choose any protocol to achieve this. Be
prepared to receive a response back from the client through the same protocol
acknowledging that it has received the result. Also consider that the client may not
acknowledge back due to connection issues (unstable connection, temporary
connection loss, etc.), so if that is the case, the server needs to take any actions
necessary to ensure the result gets delivered to the client.

The client will then be able to make a GET request using the shortened URL and the
server will return a JSON object with a key called "url" pointing to the original URL.
Example:
● Client: POST http://localhost:3000/url params: {"url": "classcalc.com"}
● Server generates shortened URL: http://localhost:3000/a2b345w68s
● Server: Sends back to the client (not through the above HTTP Request's
response) {"shortenedURL": "http://localhost:3000/a2b345w68s"}
● Client: GET http://localhost:3000/a2b345w68s
● Server: Returns the following response to the GET request above - {"url":
"classcalc.com"}

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