GNU socialhttps://nu.federati.net/api/statusnet/conversation/1910571.atomConversation2024-03-29T08:23:10+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://toot.cafe/users/corbin/statuses/101033552232339259New comment by corbin<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/lnxw48a1" class="u-url mention">@<span>lnxw48a1</span></a></span> Kind of, but I wouldn't need to store the original URL.</p>2560902http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-11-08T04:01:01+00:002018-11-08T04:01:01+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://toot.cafe/users/corbincorbinExtension/web developer, writer for Android Police and PC Gamer. Backup is @corbin@mstdn.io.corbinCorbin DavenportExtension/web developer, writer for Android Police and PC Gamer. Backup is @corbin@mstdn.io.tag:nu.federati.net,2018-11-08:objectType=thread:nonce=77e2e2628f4c090bhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2018-11-08:noticeId=2560875:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://toot.cafe/users/corbin" class="h-card mention">corbin</a> Isn't that basically what URL shorteners do?2560875http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-11-08T03:49:15+00:002018-11-08T03:49:15+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2018-11-08:objectType=thread:nonce=77e2e2628f4c090bhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://toot.cafe/users/corbin/statuses/101033406097808415New note by corbin<p>I want to make a simple web service that can take a URL as input, perform a regex, and do an HTTP redirect to another URL. What's the best way to do that? Could I write that in PHP or Python and host it on @heroku? <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cafe/tags/webdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>webdevelopment</span></a></p>2560848http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-11-08T03:23:52+00:002018-11-08T03:23:52+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://toot.cafe/users/corbincorbinExtension/web developer, writer for Android Police and PC Gamer. Backup is @corbin@mstdn.io.corbinCorbin DavenportExtension/web developer, writer for Android Police and PC Gamer. Backup is @corbin@mstdn.io.tag:nu.federati.net,2018-11-08:objectType=thread:nonce=77e2e2628f4c090b