Short URL Service in TerriaJS

[arky]

TerriaJS seems to be using now discontinued Google URL shortening service in modles/GoogleURLShortener.js

Does anyone have suggestions on how to implement a short URL in TerriaJS. Does one have to use alternative service like [lstu.fr]
(https://lstu.fr/)

[hardreddata]

You can use s3 or GitHub gist when creating share links for maps.

See https://github.com/TerriaJS/terriajs-server/blob/master/serverconfig.json.example#L134-L169

This might be a good place to start, depending on your needs.

[tephenavies]

@arky We originally used Google URL shortener but our URLs got too long. At that point (a few years ago) we decided to instead save share data to JSON from terriajs-server and return a link that would allow reloading from that JSON. As Russell mentioned we support saving this JSON to Amazon S3 or GitHub Gist through terriajs-server out of the box. Additional providers should be fairly easy to add and we're happy to accept PRs to terriajs-server adding support for other JSON storage solutions.

[tephenavies]

To clarify: we advise against using URL shorteners to implement sharing as you'll hit a URL length limit somewhere when sharing, especially if you're sharing Stories.

[imakihi]

@steve9164
We are trying to set up this URL shortening service. We set up productionserverconfig.json like following but it didn't work so far...

{ "port": 3001, "allowProxyFor": [ "nicta.com.au", "gov.au", "csiro.au", "arcgis.com", "argo.jcommops.org", "www.abc.net.au", "geoserver.aurin.org.au", "mapsengine.google.com", "s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com", "adelaidecitycouncil.com", "www.dptiapps.com.au", "geoserver-123.aodn.org.au", "geoserver.imos.org.au", "nci.org.au", "static.nationalmap.nicta.com.au", "githubusercontent.com", "gov", "gov.uk", "gov.nz", "services.aremi.data61.io" ], "basicAuthentication": { "username": "test_viewer", "password": "pwd" }, "shareUrlPrefixes": { "s": { "service": "s3", "region": "ap-northeast-1", "bucket": "test-terria-sharedata", "accessKeyId": "my access key id", "secretAccessKey": "my secret key", "keyLength": 16 } } }

What we are missing? How can I make this work.

Thank you!

[hardreddata]

My code link above missed the best part

    // Which service (of those defined above) should be used when new URLs are requested.
    newShareUrlPrefix: "s",

[imakihi]

@RussellGrew Thank you for the info. We could make it work!!
Hiroo

[geoffrowland]

Are there any suggestions for URL-shortening without terriajs-server, i.e running TerriaMap Static on GitHub Pages?

Thanks