Golink

go/link

A server for creating custom HTTP redirects.

Golinks allow assigning a short name for a URL prefix:

• go/example → http://example.com/foo/

Once created, anything placed after the name will be appended to the resulting URL used for the redirect:

• go/example/bar → http://example.com/foo/bar (http://example.com/foo/ + bar)
• go/example#test → http://example.com/foo/#test (http://example.com/foo/ + #test)

If you configure your local DNS server to include the Golink server as go, then you can use http://go/example directly in your browser without needing to provide the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the server.

Usage

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 -m golink.webapp --auth anonymous --database golinks.sqlite

Demo

An instance of the server is running at go.dcoles.net.

Here are some links you can try:

• go/link This project
• go/link/blob/master/doc/sample_database.sql Specific sub-path of this project
• go/github GitHub
• go/github/dcoles/golink Specific GitHub project
• go/pylib/json Python JSON module docs
• go/pylib/json#basic-usage Link to "Basic Usage" of Python JSON module docs
• go/search Google Search
• go/search/Hello+World Google Search for Hello World

History

Golinks are something I encountered while working as a Google SRE and found terribly useful. Clearly many ex-Googlers have also agreed, with the same basic idea having been re-implemented for use in many large tech companies.

Here's a list of some known public implementations:

• https://github.com/kellegous/go (go-lang, MIT License)
• https://goatcodes.com (Golinks as-a-service)

License

MIT License