README.md

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ for small. URL means, well... URL. So the name simply means Small URL.
 # Features
 - Shortens URLs of any length to a randomly generated link.
 - (Optional) Allows you to specify the shortened URL instead of the generated
-  one. (It's missing in a surprising number of alternatives.)
+  one. (It's surprisingly missing in a surprising number of alternatives.)
 - Opening the shortened URL in your browser will instantly redirect you
-  to the correct long URL. (So no stupid redirection pages.)
+  to the correct long URL. (So no stupid redirecting pages.)
 - Super lightweight and snappy. (The docker image is only ~6MB and RAM uasge
   stays under 5MB under normal use.)
 - Counts number of hits for each short link in a privacy respecting way
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ for small. URL means, well... URL. So the name simply means Small URL.
 - Allows setting the URL of your website, in case you want to conveniently
   generate short links locally.
 - Links are stored in an SQLite database.
-- Available as a Docker container with a provided compose file.
+- Available as a Docker container.
-- Backend written in Rust using [Actix](https://actix.rs/), and frontend
+- Backend written in Rust using [Actix](https://actix.rs/), frontend
   written in plain HTML and vanilla JS, using [Pure CSS](https://purecss.io/)
   for styling.
 - Uses very basic authentication using a provided password. It's not encrypted in transport.
@@ -61,16 +61,17 @@ for small. URL means, well... URL. So the name simply means Small URL.
   encrypt the connection by SSL.
   
 # Bloat that will not be implemented
-- **Tracking or spying of any kind.** The only logs that still exist are
+- Tracking or spying of any kind. The only logs that still exist are
  errors printed to stderr and the basic logging (only warnings) provided by the
  [`env_logger`](https://crates.io/crates/env_logger) crate.
-- **User management.** If you need a shortener for your whole organization, either
+- User management. If you need a shortener for your whole organization, either
  run separate containers for everyone or use something else.
-- **Cookies, newsletters**, "we value your privacy" popups or any of the multiple
+- Cookies, newsletters, "we value your privacy" popups or any of the multiple
 other ways modern web shows how anti-user it is. We all hate those, and they're
 not needed here.
-- **Paywalls** or messages begging for donations. If you want to buy me a coffee, 
+- Paywalls or messages begging for donations. If you want to support me (for
-you can message me through GitHub discussions or mail me.
+whatever reason), you can message me through GitHub issues.
+
 # Screenshots 
 <p align="middle">
   <img src="screenshot-desktop.webp" height="250" alt="desktop screenshot" />

actix/Cargo.lock

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "bitflags",
  "bytes",
- "derive_more 0.99.20",
+ "derive_more 0.99.19",
  "futures-core",
  "http-range",
  "log",
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chhoto-url"
-version = "5.7.1"
+version = "5.7.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-files",
  "actix-session",
@@ -562,9 +562,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
-version = "0.99.20"
+version = "0.99.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6edb4b64a43d977b8e99788fe3a04d483834fba1215a7e02caa415b626497f7f"
+checksum = "3da29a38df43d6f156149c9b43ded5e018ddff2a855cf2cfd62e8cd7d079c69f"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -760,9 +760,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "335ff9f135e4384c8150d6f27c6daed433577f86b4750418338c01a1a2528592"
+checksum = "c4567c8db10ae91089c99af84c68c38da3ec2f087c3f82960bcdbf3656b6f4d7"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -1059,9 +1059,9 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jiff"
-version = "0.2.10"
+version = "0.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a064218214dc6a10fbae5ec5fa888d80c45d611aba169222fc272072bf7aef6"
+checksum = "59ec30f7142be6fe14e1b021f50b85db8df2d4324ea6e91ec3e5dcde092021d0"
 dependencies = [
  "jiff-static",
  "log",
@@ -1072,9 +1072,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jiff-static"
-version = "0.2.10"
+version = "0.2.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "199b7932d97e325aff3a7030e141eafe7f2c6268e1d1b24859b753a627f45254"
+checksum = "526b834d727fd59d37b076b0c3236d9adde1b1729a4361e20b2026f738cc1dbe"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.16",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1741,9 +1741,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.7.15"
+version = "0.7.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "66a539a9ad6d5d281510d5bd368c973d636c02dbf8a67300bfb6b950696ad7df"
+checksum = "6b9590b93e6fcc1739458317cccd391ad3955e2bde8913edf6f95f9e65a8f034"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",

actix/Cargo.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "chhoto-url"
-version = "5.7.1"
+version = "5.7.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Sayantan Santra <sayantan[dot]santra689[at]gmail[dot]com"]
 license = "mit"

actix/src/database.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Sayantan Santra <sayantan.santra689@gmail.com>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-use rusqlite::{Connection, Error};
+use rusqlite::Connection;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 // Struct for encoding a DB row
@@ -67,11 +67,12 @@ pub fn add_hit(shortlink: &str, db: &Connection) {
 }
 
 // Insert a new link
-pub fn add_link(shortlink: String, longlink: String, db: &Connection) -> Result<usize, Error> {
+pub fn add_link(shortlink: String, longlink: String, db: &Connection) -> bool {
     db.execute(
         "INSERT INTO urls (long_url, short_url, hits) VALUES (?1, ?2, ?3)",
         (longlink, shortlink, 0),
     )
+    .is_ok()
 }
 
 // Delete and existing link

actix/src/main.rs

@@ -63,9 +63,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             // Set the site_url without the quotes
             env::set_var("site_url", url);
             eprintln!("WARN: The site_url environment variable is encapsulated by quotes. Automatically adjusting to {}", url);
+
+            // Tell the user what URI the server will respond with
+            eprintln!("INFO: Public URI is: {url}:{port}.")
         } else {
             // No issues
             eprintln!("INFO: Configured Site URL is: {site_url}.");
+
+            // Tell the user what URI the server will respond with
+            eprintln!("INFO: Public URI is: {site_url}:{port}.")
         }
     } else {
         // Site URL is not configured

actix/src/utils.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use actix_web::HttpRequest;
 use nanoid::nanoid;
 use rand::seq::IndexedRandom;
 use regex::Regex;
-use rusqlite::{ffi::SQLITE_CONSTRAINT_UNIQUE, Connection};
+use rusqlite::Connection;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::env;
 
@@ -123,27 +123,15 @@ pub fn add_link(req: String, db: &Connection) -> (bool, String) {
         len = 4;
     }
 
-    let shortlink_provided = if chunks.shortlink.is_empty() {
+    if chunks.shortlink.is_empty() {
         chunks.shortlink = gen_link(style, len);
-        false
+    }
-    } else {
-        true
-    };
 
     if validate_link(chunks.shortlink.as_str()) {
-        match database::add_link(chunks.shortlink.clone(), chunks.longlink, db) {
+        if database::add_link(chunks.shortlink.clone(), chunks.longlink, db) {
-            Ok(_) => (true, chunks.shortlink),
+            (true, chunks.shortlink)
-            Err(error) => {
+        } else {
-                if error.sqlite_error().map(|err| err.extended_code)
+            (false, String::from("Short URL is already in use!"))
-                    == Some(SQLITE_CONSTRAINT_UNIQUE)
-                    && shortlink_provided
-                {
-                    (false, String::from("Short URL is already in use!"))
-                } else {
-                    // This should be super rare
-                    (false, String::from("Something went wrong!"))
-                }
-            }
         }
     } else {
         (false, String::from("Short URL is not valid!"))