Requirements


Functional Requirements:


  • Create a short URL for a given long URL.
  • Return the long URL associated with a given short URL.



Non-Functional Requirements:


  • Availability
  • Latency
  • More reads then writes


API 'Design

Read:

GET - /:shortcode


Write:

POST - /urls

DELETS - /:shortcode



High-Level Design

Describe the overall system architecture. Identify the main components needed to solve the problem end-to-end. Use the diagramming tool to create a block diagram.





Detailed Component Design

Deep dive into 2-3 key components. Explain how they work, how they scale, discuss tradeoffs, capacity, and any relevant algorithms or data structures.