Class: MongoidShortener::ShortenedUrlsController

Inherits:
ApplicationController show all
Defined in:
app/controllers/mongoid_shortener/shortened_urls_controller.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#translate ⇒ Object

find the real link for the shortened link key and redirect



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# File 'app/controllers/mongoid_shortener/shortened_urls_controller.rb', line 4

def translate
  # pull the link out of the db
  sl = ShortenedUrl.where(:unique_key => params[:unique_key][1..-1]).first

  if sl
    sl.inc(:use_count, 1)
    # do a 301 redirect to the destination url
    head :moved_permanently, :location => sl.url
  else
    # if we don't find the shortened link, redirect to the root
    # make this configurable in future versions
    head :moved_permanently, :location => MongoidShortener.root_url
  end
end