Build a self-hosted URL shortener with a dashboard
n8n template #1093Summary
Use templateThis workflow creates an automatic self-hosted URL shortener. It consists of three sub-workflows: Short URL creation for extracting the provided long URL, generating an ID, and saving the record in the database. It returns a short link as a result. Redirection for extracting the ID value, validating the existence of its correspondent record in the database, and returning a redirection page after updating the visits (click) count. Dashboard for calculating simple statistics about the saved record and displaying them on a dashboard. Read more about this use case and how to set up the workflow in the blog post How to build a low-code, self-hosted URL shortener in 3 steps. Prerequisites A local
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Help me set up the n8n workflow "Build a self-hosted URL shortener with a dashboard" (https://n8n.io/workflows/1093). It uses: Airtable, Crypto. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.
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