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Bitly

The Bitly modules enable you to shorten links, expand links and list links in your Bitly account.

Getting Started with Bitly

Prerequisites

  • A Bitly account

In order to use Bitly with Make, it is necessary to have a Bitly account. If you do not have one, you can create a Bitly account at bitly.com.

Caution

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Make scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Bitly to Make

To connect your Bitly account to Make follow the general instructions for Connecting to services.Connecting Make to any web service

After you click the Continue button, Make will redirect you to the Bitly website where you will be prompted to grant Make access to your account.

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Confirm the dialog by clicking the Allow button.

Actions

Shorten URL

Shortens entered URL to the Bitlink.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Bitly account.

Long URL

Enter the URL you want to convert to the short link.

Organization

Select the organization that contains a group you want to use.

Group

Select or map the group you want to shorten the link on behalf of.

Make an API Call

Allows you to perform a custom API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Bitly account.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://api-ssl.bitly.com. E.g. /v4/groups

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Bitly API v4 Documentation.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

  • GET - to retrieve information for an entry.

  • POST - to create a new entry.

  • PUT - to update/replace an existing entry.

  • PATCH - to make a partial entry update.

  • DELETE - to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

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