Bitly · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements — Bitly OAuth Apps API

6 actions 6 updates documentation extends openapi/bitly-oauth-apps-api-openapi.yml
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Bitly publishes. Bitly did not publish this file.
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What the actions change

x-apievangelistx-idempotencyx-rate-limit-signallingdescriptionx-token-sourcex-scopes-publishedx-bitly-surfacex-mcp

Targets 3

$.info
$.components.securitySchemes.bearerAuth
$.paths.*.*

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements — Bitly OAuth Apps API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/bitly-oauth-apps-api-openapi.yml
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-08-13'
  method: generated
  source: openapi/bitly-oauth-apps-api-openapi.yml + repo artifacts
  note: Captures API Evangelist annotations only. The underlying OpenAPI is Bitly's own and is never mutated.
actions:
- target: $.info
  description: Record API Evangelist provenance and the artifacts derived from this contract.
  update:
    x-apievangelist:
      source: https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json
      harvested: '2026-08-13'
      surface: OAuth Apps
      operations: 1
      artifacts:
        conventions: conventions/bitly-conventions.yml
        errors: errors/bitly-problem-types.yml
        authentication: authentication/bitly-authentication.yml
        rate_limits: rate-limits/bitly-rate-limits.yml
        data_model: data-model/bitly-data-model.yml
        lifecycle: lifecycle/bitly-lifecycle.yml
- target: $.info
  description: Bitly publishes no idempotency mechanism; flag it on the contract so agents see it.
  update:
    x-idempotency:
      supported: false
      note: No Idempotency-Key header and no client token. A retried write creates a duplicate Bitlink
        and consumes metered monthly quota.
- target: $.info
  description: 'Rate-limit posture: no budget headers are returned; quota must be polled.'
  update:
    x-rate-limit-signalling:
      budget_headers: false
      retry_after: false
      only_header: X-Ratelimit-Reason (403 only)
      exhaustion_status: 429
      introspection:
      - GET /v4/user/platform_limits
      - GET /v4/organizations/{organization_guid}/plan_limits
- target: $.components.securitySchemes.bearerAuth
  description: Document how the bearer token is obtained and that no scopes exist.
  update:
    description: 'Bitly access token. Send as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`. Generic tokens are issued
      at https://bitly.com/settings/api; user-delegated tokens come from the OAuth 2.0 authorization-code
      flow at https://bitly.com/oauth/authorize. Bitly publishes no OAuth scopes, so a token carries the
      full permissions of the granting user.'
    x-token-source: https://bitly.com/settings/api
    x-scopes-published: false
- target: $.paths.*.*
  description: Mark every operation with the surface it belongs to for catalog routing.
  update:
    x-bitly-surface: OAuth Apps
- target: $.info
  description: Note that Bitly's MCP server does not expose this surface.
  update:
    x-mcp:
      server: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp
      tools: []
      note: The OAuth Apps surface is REST-only; no MCP tool fronts it.
      crosswalk: mcp/bitly-tool-crosswalk.yml

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