Bitly

Bitly QR Codes API

Create dynamic and static QR Codes, customize their render, fetch the image, upgrade a code to a Bitlink, and read scan metrics by browser, city, country and device OS. 16 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 16

POST /qr-codes Create a QR Code #
POST /qr-codes/static Generate a static QR Code image #
GET /qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/image Retrieve a QR Code image #
PATCH /qr-codes/{qrcode_id} Update a QR Code #
GET /qr-codes/{qrcode_id} Retrieve a QR Code #
DELETE /qr-codes/{qrcode_id} Delete a QR Code #
GET /groups/{group_guid}/qr-codes Retrieve QR Codes by Group #
PATCH /groups/{group_guid}/qr-codes Bulk update QR codes #
GET /qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/scans Get Scans for a QR Code #
GET /qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/scans/summary Get Scans Summary for a QR Code #
GET /qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/scans/countries Get Scans for a QR Code by Country #
GET /qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/scans/cities Get Metrics for a QR Code by City #
GET /qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/scans/device_os Get Scans for a QR Code by Device OS #
GET /qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/scans/browsers Get Scans for a QR Code by Browser #
PATCH /qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/redirect Redirect a QR Code #

Documentation

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

Specifications

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

Other Resources

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

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
  • get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
  • get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
  • find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This API 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/bitly-qr-codes-api"
All apis 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

bitly-qr-codes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 4.0.0
  title: Bitly QR Codes 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: QR codes can be created and customized with different dot patterns, corner shapes, colors, and more. They can contain bitlinks, links to microsites, or several kinds of static data.
servers:
- url: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


# --- truncated at 32 KB (79 KB total) ---
# Full source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitly/refs/heads/main/openapi/bitly-qr-codes-api-openapi.yml