update mongoose and change the validation url process

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 .env
 node_modules
 package-lock.json
-start.sh
+start.sh
+yarn.lock
+yarn-error.log

package.json

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "dotenv": "^16.0.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
-    "mongoose": "^6.0.5",
+    "mongoose": "^6.5.4",
+    "node-uri": "^1.1.1",
     "prom-client": "^14.0.1",
     "short-id": "^0.1.0-1",
-    "shortid": "^2.2.16",
+    "shortid": "^2.2.16"
-    "valid-url": "^1.0.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.0",

src/service/redirect.js

@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ router.get('/:code', async (req, res) => {
         })
         if (url) {
             // when valid we perform a redirect
+            console.log("Redirecting to: " + url.longUrl);
             return res.redirect(url.longUrl)
         } else {
+            console.log("Redirecting to Home.")
             return res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + `../../../public/index.html`))
             // else return a not found 404 status
             //return res.status(404).json('No URL Found')

src/service/url.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require('dotenv').config()
 // packages needed in this file
 const express = require('express')
-const validUrl = require('valid-url')
+const uri = require('node-uri')
 const shortid = require('shortid')
 
 // creating express route handler
@@ -16,13 +16,34 @@ const Url = require('../models/url')
 // The API base Url endpoint
 const baseUrl = process.env.BASEURL
 
+function validUrl(url) {
+    let valid
+    try {
+        uri.checkHttpURL(url)
+        valid = true;
+    } catch {
+        valid = false;
+    }
+    if (!valid) {
+        try {
+            uri.checkHttpsURL(url)
+            valid = true;
+        } catch {
+            valid = false;
+        }
+    }
+    return valid;
+}
+
 router.post('/shorten', async (req, res) => {
     const {
         longUrl
     } = req.body // destructure the longUrl from req.body.longUrl
 
     // check base url if valid using the validUrl.isUri method
-    if (!validUrl.isUri(baseUrl)) {
+    
+    if (!validUrl(baseUrl)) {
+        console.log("Invalid url " + baseUrl)
         return res.status(401).json('Invalid base URL')
     }
 
@@ -30,7 +51,7 @@ router.post('/shorten', async (req, res) => {
     const urlCode = shortid.generate()
 
     // check long url if valid using the validUrl.isUri method
-    if (validUrl.isUri(longUrl)) {
+    if (validUrl(longUrl)) {
         try {
             /* The findOne() provides a match to only the subset of the documents 
             in the collection that match the query. In this case, before creating the short URL,
@@ -42,6 +63,7 @@ router.post('/shorten', async (req, res) => {
 
             // url exist and return the response
             if (url) {
+                console.log("Return " + url)
                 res.json(url)
             } else {
                 // join the generated short code the the base url
@@ -55,6 +77,7 @@ router.post('/shorten', async (req, res) => {
                     date: new Date()
                 })
                 await url.save()
+                console.log("Return " + url)
                 res.json(url)
             }
         }