If you don't want to rely on third-party services or build your own, but still need to shorten long URL link and create custom aliases, you might consider using some basic programming methods to do so. Here's a simple way to do it, using the Python language, and you can run it locally or in any environment that supports Python:
Creating a simple URL shortener using Python
- You can write a simple Python script that generates short, memorable URLs; here we don't actually "shorten" the URL to a server, but rather generate an easy-to-remember alias that you can use as an identifier.
2. Installing Python: Make sure you have Python installed on your computer.
3. Open a text editor and create a new Python file, such as url_shortener.py.
4. Write code to accept a long URL and an alias, then simply print the alias as the "short URL".
defcreate_custom_alias(long_url, alias):
print(f"Original URL: {long_url}")
print(f"Shortened URL with alias: http://{alias}")
long_url = input("Enter the URL to shorten: ")
alias = input("Enter your custom alias: ")
create_custom_alias(long_url, alias)
5. Open the command line tool and navigate to the folder where the script is located.
6. Run the command python url_shortener.py and follow the prompts for the URL and alias.
This method is simple, but it only conceptually "shortens" the URL; in reality, you'll need a way to resolve these aliases to actual long URLs, which usually involves some network and server setup, or you can manually use the aliases with the original URL if you need to.
