🔗 MERN URL Shortener

A full-stack URL shortener application built using the MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack. Users can shorten long URLs, manage them, and redirect using custom short links.

🚀 Features

• ✅ Shorten long URLs with unique short codes
• ✅ Redirect to the original URL when a short URL is visited
• ✅ Custom short code generation
• ✅ Copy short links to clipboard
• ✅ Responsive and clean UI using Tailwind

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React.js
• Axios
• Tailwind CSS
• React Router DOM

Backend:

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• NanoID (for generating unique short codes)

📦 Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/pp923014/URL_SHORTNER.git

## Backend Setup
cd BACKEND
npm install

## Frontend setup
cd FRONTEND
npm install