0.3.1: Generate random strings instead of UUIDs in create_alias, if alias is not provided

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "aliurl"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/ivabus/aliurl"
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ rocket = "0.5.0-rc.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0.163", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
 url-escape = "0.1.1"
-uuid = { version = "1.3.3", features = ["v4"] }
+rand = "0.8.5"

README.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ POST /api/create_alias HTTP/1.1
 ```json
 {
     "url": "<URL_TO_BE_ALIASED>",
-    "alias": "<ALIAS_URI>",      // If not provided, UUID will be generated
+    "alias": "<ALIAS_URI>",      // If not provided, random string will be generated
     "access_key": "<ACCESS_KEY>" // May not be provided, if no ./access_keys file
     "redirect_with_ad": "<BOOL>" //May not be provided, if provided will use ./redirect.html
 }

Rocket.toml

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-[release]
+[default]
 address = "127.0.0.1"
 port = 8080
-workers = 8
-keep_alive = 5
-ident = "Rocket"
-ip_header = "X-Real-IP" # set to `false` to disable
+keep_alive = 0
+ident = "aliurl via Rocket"
+ip_header = false
 log_level = "normal"
 temp_dir = "/tmp"
 cli_colors = true
-ctrlc = false

src/main.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ use rocket::response::Redirect;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 static mut ACCESS_KEY_REQUIRED: bool = true;
+
+const LEN_OF_GENERATIVE_ALIASES: usize = 6;
+
 const INDEX_REDIRECT: &'static str = "https://ivabus.dev";
 const INDEX_WITH_AD: bool = true;
 

src/post.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::*;
+use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, Rng};
 use rocket::http::{RawStr, Status};
 use rocket::response::content::RawJson;
 use serde_json::json;
@@ -60,11 +61,30 @@ pub fn create_alias(data: &RawStr) -> (Status, RawJson<String>) {
 	let mut aliases_list = read_aliases();
 	let mut file = std::fs::File::options().write(true).open("./alias.json").unwrap();
 	let alias = match data.alias {
-		None => uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
+		None => {
+			let mut gen: String;
+			'gen: loop {
+				gen = rand::thread_rng()
+					.sample_iter(&Alphanumeric)
+					.take(LEN_OF_GENERATIVE_ALIASES)
+					.map(char::from)
+					.collect();
+				for i in &aliases_list {
+					if i.alias == gen {
+						continue 'gen;
+					}
+				}
+				break 'gen;
+			}
+			gen
+		}
 		Some(alias) => alias,
 	};
 	if alias.contains("?") {
-		return (Status::BadRequest, RawJson(json!({"Error": "No access key"}).to_string()));
+		return (
+			Status::BadRequest,
+			RawJson(json!({"Error": "Alias should not contain \"?\""}).to_string()),
+		);
 	}
 	let alia = if let Some(s) = data.redirect_with_ad {
 		if s.to_lowercase() == "true" {