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Installation

Stable release

To install URL Shortner, clone the project and run this command in your terminal:

$ pip install url_shortner

This is the preferred method to install URL Shortner, as it will always install the most recent stable release.

If you don’t have pip installed, this Python installation guide can guide you through the process.

From sources

The sources for URL Shortner can be downloaded from the Github repo.

You can either clone the public repository:

$ git clone git://github.com/vaibhavvikas/url_shortner

Or download the tarball:

$ curl -OJL https://github.com/vaibhavvikas/url_shortner/tarball/master

Once you have a copy of the source, you can install it with:

$ python setup.py install

After installation is complete, you can run the application with:

$ python -m url_shortner