A basic, self-hosted, link shortening service.

Install

cargo install dinky

Build

git clone https://github.com/nuxeh/dinky.git
cd dinky
cargo build

Test

cargo test

CLI options

Usage information can be provided with --help.

Configuration

There is a configuration file (in TOML format), which will be created in a default XDG path if a path is not specified with the --conf CLI parameter.

In the case that dinky writes out the configuration, it will be populated with default values, and is therefore a good place to start from. The name of the file created will be printed when dinky starts, it may be edited in place, and after restart will be loaded.

Annotated configuration options

[settings]
bind = "127.0.0.1"
port = 4444
base_url = "http://example.com/"

• Port and IP address to bind to.
• The fully qualified domain name used to generate links. This must point to the same path as dinky is being run on.

[hash]
length = 10
salt = "dinkysalt123"

• Length of the generated short link hash, and a salt to use in the hash generation.

[database]
kind = "Sqlite"
path = "example_db"

• Database to use. Currently only sqlite is supported.

[index]
hidden = false
html = ""
css = ""
form = ""

• Wether to hide the index page (if you don't want dinky to provide a submission form.
• Paths to an HTML template, an HTML form, and a CSS file to serve.

These are optional, and should only be used if you wish to radically change how dinky looks.

Within the template HTML, {{content}} is replaced with the form HTML, or any other content or messages that dinky serves. Additionally, {{ver}} is replaced with the current version of ddinky.

Installation as a service with Cargo and systemd

To set up systemd manually, the unit file must be copied, and the dinky user must be created on the system. From inside the project repository:

cargo install dinky
sudo useradd -m --system dinky --shell /usr/sbin/nologin
sudo install -D -o dinky -g dinky ~/.cargo/bin/dinky -t /home/dinky/.cargo/bin/
sudo install -m 644 systemd/dinky.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable --now dinky.service

Use with nginx

When being run as a service, dinky may be proxied using nginx, e.g. as follows:

location /some/path/ {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4444/;
}

See the nginx docs.

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