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Encode and Decode TinyURL

Leetcode


TinyURL is a URL shortening service where you enter a URL such as https://leetcode.com/problems/design-tinyurl and it returns a short URL such as http://tinyurl.com/4e9iAk. Design a class to encode a URL and decode a tiny URL.

There is no restriction on how your encode/decode algorithm should work. You just need to ensure that a URL can be encoded to a tiny URL and that the tiny URL can be decoded to the original URL.

Implement the Solution class:

  • Solution() Initializes the object of the system.
  • String encode(String longUrl) Returns a tiny URL for the given longUrl.
  • String decode(String shortUrl) Returns the original long URL for the given shortUrl. It is guaranteed that the given shortUrl was encoded by the same object.

Example 1:

Input: url = "https://leetcode.com/problems/design-tinyurl"
Output: "https://leetcode.com/problems/design-tinyurl"

Explanation:
Solution obj = new Solution();
string tiny = obj.encode(url); // returns the encoded tiny url.
string ans = obj.decode(tiny); // returns the original url after deconding it.

Python Solution 1

Python Solution 1

class Codec:
    urls = {}
 
    def encode(self, longUrl: str) -> str:
        id = len(self.urls)
        self.urls[id] = longUrl
        return "http://tinyurl.com/"+str(id)
 
 
    def decode(self, shortUrl: str) -> str:
        return self.urls[int(shortUrl[19:])]