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John Bowdre 2022-02-03 14:41:20 -06:00
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series: Projects series: Projects
date: "2021-08-20T00:00:00Z" date: "2021-08-20T00:00:00Z"
lastmod: 2022-02-03
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- gcp - gcp
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The Github instructions were pretty straight-forward but I did have to fumble through a few additional steps to get everything up and running. Here we go: The Github instructions were pretty straight-forward but I did have to fumble through a few additional steps to get everything up and running. Here we go:
### Shortcut mapping ### Shortcut mapping
Since the setup uses a simple Google Sheets document to map the shortcuts to the original long-form URLs, I started by going to [https://sheets.new](https://sheets.new) to create a new Sheet. I then just copied in the shorcuts and URLs I was already using in short.io. By the way, I learned on a previous attempt that this solution only works with lowercase shortcuts so I made sure to convert my `MixedCase` ones as I went. Since the setup uses a simple Google Sheets document to map the shortcuts to the original long-form URLs, I started by going to [https://sheets.new](https://sheets.new) to create a new Sheet. I then just copied in the shortcuts and URLs I was already using in short.io. By the way, I learned on a previous attempt that this solution only works with lowercase shortcuts so I made sure to convert my `MixedCase` ones as I went.
![Creating a new sheet](20210820_sheet.png) ![Creating a new sheet](20210820_sheet.png)
I then made a note of the Sheet ID from the URL; that's the bit that looks like `1SMeoyesCaGHRlYdGj9VyqD-qhXtab1jrcgHZ0irvNDs`. That will be needed later on. I then made a note of the Sheet ID from the URL; that's the bit that looks like `1SMeoyesCaGHRlYdGj9VyqD-qhXtab1jrcgHZ0irvNDs`. That will be needed later on.
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| [go.bowdre.net/matrix](https://go.bowdre.net/matrix) | Chat with me on Matrix | | [go.bowdre.net/matrix](https://go.bowdre.net/matrix) | Chat with me on Matrix |
| [go.bowdre.net/twits](https://go.bowdre.net/twits) | Follow me on Twitter | | [go.bowdre.net/twits](https://go.bowdre.net/twits) | Follow me on Twitter |
| [go.bowdre.net/stadia](https://go.bowdre.net/stadia) | Game with me on Stadia | | [go.bowdre.net/stadia](https://go.bowdre.net/stadia) | Game with me on Stadia |
| [go.bowdre.net/shorterer](https://go.bowdre.net/shorterer) | This post! |