---
title: "Building an URL Shortener with Bun"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-an-url-shortener-with-bun-oadcdpc9b
source_url: https://blog.openreplay.com/building-an-url-shortener-with-bun/
type: article
source: "asayer"
published: 2024-04-14T21:53:42.108Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z
tags: ["webdev", "javascript", "mysql", "bun"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 39
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Building an URL Shortener with Bun

**[asayer](https://daily.dev/sources/asayer)** · 10 min read · 39 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to build a URL shortener using Bun, Elysia, and MySQL. Understand the process of converting long URLs into shorter URLs and how to implement features like analytics. Set up your development environment, create data models, and implement the URL-shortening logic.

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Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#mysql](https://daily.dev/tags/mysql), [#bun](https://daily.dev/tags/bun)

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