# Bitly QR Codes API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-qr-codes-api/  
**Provider:** Bitly — https://apis.io/providers/bitly/  
**Base URL:** https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4  
**Documentation:** https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference

Bitly QR Codes API is one of 11 APIs that [Bitly](https://apis.io/providers/bitly/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include QR Codes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

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.

## Operations (16)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| PUT | `/qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/to-bitlink` | Upgrade a QR Code to a bitlink |
| PATCH | `/qr-codes/{qrcode_id}/redirect` | Redirect a QR Code |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitly/refs/heads/main/openapi/bitly-qr-codes-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
- **APIReference** — https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
- **GettingStarted** — https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
- **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

## Other Bitly APIs (10)

- [Bitly BSDs API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-bsds-api/)
- [Bitly Bitlinks API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-bitlinks-api/)
- [Bitly Campaigns API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-campaigns-api/)
- [Bitly Custom Bitlinks API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-custom-bitlinks-api/)
- [Bitly Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-groups-api/)
- [Bitly Organizations API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-organizations-api/)
- [Bitly User API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-user-api/)
- [Bitly Webhooks API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-webhooks-api/)
- [Bitly MCP Server](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-mcp-server/)
- [Bitly Apps API](https://apis.io/apis/bitly/bitly-apps-api/)

## Tags

QR Codes

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