Bitly

Bitly Bitlinks API

Create, expand, update, archive and delete Bitlinks, list them by group, and read per-link click, engagement, country, city, device and referrer metrics. 21 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.

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Operations 21

GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/engagements Get Engagement Counts for a Bitlink #
GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/engagements/summary Get an Engagement Count Summary for a Bitlink #
GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/countries Get Metrics for a Bitlink by Country #
GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/cities Get Metrics for a Bitlink by City #
GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/devices Get Metrics for a Bitlink by Device Type #
GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/referrers Get Metrics for a Bitlink by Referrers #
GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/referrer_name Get Metrics for a Bitlink by Referrer Name #
GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/referring_domains Get Metrics for a Bitlink by Referring Domains #
GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}/referrers_by_domains Get Metrics for a Bitlink by Referrers by Domain #
GET /groups/{group_guid}/bitlinks Retrieve Bitlinks by Group #
PATCH /groups/{group_guid}/bitlinks Bulk update bitlinks #
GET /groups/{group_guid}/engagements/sorted/top Retrieve Top Links and Decoupled QR Codes by Engagements #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
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APIReference
https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
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GettingStarted
https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitly/refs/heads/main/openapi/bitly-bitlinks-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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PostmanCollection
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitly/refs/heads/main/collections/bitly-bitlinks-api.postman_collection.json
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OpenCollection
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitly/refs/heads/main/collections/bitly-bitlinks-api.opencollection.json
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Overlay
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitly/refs/heads/main/overlays/bitly-bitlinks-overlay.yaml

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OpenAPI Specification

bitly-bitlinks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 4.0.0
  title: Bitly Bitlinks API
  termsOfService: https://bitly.com/pages/terms-of-service
  contact:
    url: https://bitly.is/API-support
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  x-logo:
    url: /v4/header-logo.png
  description: 'Bitlinks are shortened links. They could begin with the bit.ly domain or your own custom branded short domain (BSD).


    **Related Operations:**

    - POST /bitlinks - Create a new bitlink or add a custom keyword to an existing bitlink

    - PATCH /bitlinks/{bitlink} - Redirect an existing bitlink'
servers:
- url: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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