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-# API Project: URL Shortener Microservice for freeCodeCamp
+# URL Shortener Microservice
 
 [![Run on Repl.it](https://repl.it/badge/github/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-project-urlshortener)](https://repl.it/github/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-project-urlshortener)
-
-### User Stories
-
-1. You should provide your own project, not the example URL.
-2. You can POST a URL to `/api/shorturl/new` and get a JSON response with the property names `original_url` and `short_url` and the expected values for each.
-3. When you visit `/api/shorturl/<short_url>`, you will be redirected to the original URL.
-4. If you pass an invalid URL that doesn't follow the valid `http://www.example.com` format, the JSON response will contain `{ 'error': 'invalid url' }`.
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           </fieldset>
         </form>
       </section>
-      <section>
-        <h3>Example Creation:</h3>
-        <p><code>POST [project_url]/api/shorturl/new</code> - Body (URL encoded): <code>url=https://www.google.com</code></p>
-        <h3>Example Usage:</h3>
-        <a href="https://url-shortener.freecodecamp.repl.co/api/shorturl/3">[project_url]/api/shorturl/3</a>
-        <h3>Will Redirect to:</h3>
-        <p>https://forum.freecodecamp.org/</p>
-      </section>
     </main>
     <footer>
       <p>By <a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org">freeCodeCamp</a></p>