为什么不直接将id转换为字符串呢?您只需要一个函数将0到61之间的数字映射到单个字母(大写/小写)或数字。然后应用它来创建，比如说，4个字母的代码，你就有了1470万个url。

alphabet = map(chr, range(97,123)+range(65,91)) + map(str,range(0,10))

def lookup(k, a=alphabet):
    if type(k) == int:
        return a[k]
    elif type(k) == str:
        return a.index(k)


def encode(i, a=alphabet):
    '''Takes an integer and returns it in the given base with mappings for upper/lower case letters and numbers 0-9.'''
    try:
        i = int(i)
    except Exception:
        raise TypeError("Input must be an integer.")

    def incode(i=i, p=1, a=a):
        # Here to protect p.                                                                                                                                                                                                                
        if i <= 61:
            return lookup(i)

        else:
            pval = pow(62,p)
            nval = i/pval
            remainder = i % pval
            if nval <= 61:
                return lookup(nval) + incode(i % pval)
            else:
                return incode(i, p+1)

    return incode()



def decode(s, a=alphabet):
    '''Takes a base 62 string in our alphabet and returns it in base10.'''
    try:
        s = str(s)
    except Exception:
        raise TypeError("Input must be a string.")

    return sum([lookup(i) * pow(62,p) for p,i in enumerate(list(reversed(s)))])a

这是我的版本，给任何需要的人。

我不断增加数据库中每个域的整数序列，并使用Hashids将整数编码为URL路径。

static hashids = Hashids(salt = "my app rocks", minSize = 6)

我运行了一个脚本，看看它需要多长时间才能耗尽字符长度。对于6个字符，它可以做164,916,224个链接，然后增加到7个字符。Bitly使用7个字符。在我看来，不到五个字很奇怪。

哈希id可以将URL路径解码为整数，但更简单的解决方案是使用整个短链接sho。Rt /ka8ds3作为主键。

以下是完整的概念:

function addDomain(domain) {
    table("domains").insert("domain", domain, "seq", 0)
}

function addURL(domain, longURL) {
    seq = table("domains").where("domain = ?", domain).increment("seq")
    shortURL = domain + "/" + hashids.encode(seq)
    table("links").insert("short", shortURL, "long", longURL)
    return shortURL
}

// GET /:hashcode
function handleRequest(req, res) {
    shortURL = req.host + "/" + req.param("hashcode")
    longURL = table("links").where("short = ?", shortURL).get("long")
    res.redirect(301, longURL)
}

您可以散列整个URL，但如果您只想缩短id，请按照marcel的建议进行。我写了这个Python实现:

https://gist.github.com/778542

public class TinyUrl {
    
        private final String characterMap = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
        private final int charBase = characterMap.length();
    
        public String covertToCharacter(int num){
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    
            while (num > 0){
                sb.append(characterMap.charAt(num % charBase));
                num /= charBase;
            }
    
            return sb.reverse().toString();
        }
    
        public int covertToInteger(String str){
            int num = 0;
            for(int i = 0 ; i< str.length(); i++)
                num += characterMap.indexOf(str.charAt(i)) * Math.pow(charBase , (str.length() - (i + 1)));
    
            return num;
        }
}
    
class TinyUrlTest{
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        TinyUrl tinyUrl = new TinyUrl();
        int num = 122312215;
        String url = tinyUrl.covertToCharacter(num);
        System.out.println("Tiny url:  " + url);
        System.out.println("Id: " + tinyUrl.covertToInteger(url));
    }
}

c#版本:

public class UrlShortener 
{
    private static String ALPHABET = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
    private static int    BASE     = 62;

    public static String encode(int num)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        while ( num > 0 )
        {
            sb.Append( ALPHABET[( num % BASE )] );
            num /= BASE;
        }

        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = sb.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        {
            builder.Append(sb[i]);
        }
        return builder.ToString(); 
    }

    public static int decode(String str)
    {
        int num = 0;

        for ( int i = 0, len = str.Length; i < len; i++ )
        {
            num = num * BASE + ALPHABET.IndexOf( str[(i)] ); 
        }

        return num;
    }   
}