URL shortening in address bar

Question

I am new to html. Is it possible to use Short URL for applications? for example: - instead of the long URL "www.abc.com \ x \ y \ z \ a" we have "www.abc.com \ r" in the user’s address bar. can we emulate this using javascript?

Answer 1

Are you looking for url rewriting

read rewrite url in ASP.NET

Beginner URL Redirection

Answer 2

Yes, you could create a document at location /r and add Javascript to this document, which simply does:

 document.location.href = "/x/y/z/a"; 

But for many reasons you should not.

• This is not a redirect (you can return to your browser, so you basically break your story).
• You rely on javascript
• This will have a negative impact on SEO.
• He is slower
• ...

You really should try to handle this on the server side of your application.

Answer 3

This is done using a database that receives a long Short URL, so you can only note it on Clientside using Javascript.