ShadowShorten
- It's an URL shortener.
- It's a HTTP proxy for chinese users.
- It uses lua, nginx and redis (openresty)
Demo (Visit it from chinese, otherwise it's just a shorten URL, nothing more)
How it works
When it's going to shorten an URL, it checks if this website is blocked in china (via greatfire.org). If it is, it will provide a proxy to chinese user who visit it.
How to run
- Install openresty with some extra module:
--with-http_spdy_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_geoip_module
- Install some extra lua lib (and set correct
lua_package_path
in your mainnginx.conf
): - Add
geoip_country GeoIP.dat;
to your mainnginx.conf
(download it from somewhere) - (Optional) Get a wildcard SSL certification for you proxy domain and configure it in your main
nginx.conf
- Link
ShadowShorten
directory to/etc/nginx/apps/
- Add
include /etc/nginx/apps/ShadowShorten/nginx.conf
to your mainnginx.conf
- Copy
auth.htpasswd.sample
toauth.htpasswd
and change the password - Change
ShadowShorten/nginx.conf
as you need (domain names etc.) - Run nginx (openresty)
How to use
http --form --auth user:passwd http://blaa.cf/new url="http://baidu.com"
(httpie)