Bitly

Bitly is a link management platform for creating, branding, routing and measuring short links, QR Codes and link-in-bio pages at scale. The Bitly v4 REST API is a 94-operation, bearer-authenticated JSON API at https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4 covering Bitlink creation and expansion, custom back-halves, branded short domains, groups (workspaces) and organizations, campaigns and channels, dynamic and static QR Codes, bulk shortening, engagement webhooks, and a deep click/scan analytics surface sliced by country, city, device, OS, browser and referrer. Bitly publishes its own OpenAPI 3.0 definition and operates an official remote Model Context Protocol server, making it directly callable by AI agents.

Bitly publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including BSDs API, Bitlinks API, Campaigns API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Links, URL Shorteners, QR Codes, Analytics, and Marketing.

The Bitly catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Bitly’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, API reference, pricing, signup flow, support, engineering blog, and 44 more developer resources.

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73.7/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 59/100 agent ready Front door AI 5/6 prominent Heartbeat 78/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 published contracts 2 MCP Servers 4 Agent Skills

Links URL Shorteners QR Codes Analytics Marketing Link Management Webhook Attribution Agents MCP

What this lets a business do 2

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Developer Platform & API Ecosystem Management

BC-4270

AppsWebhooks

GET /apps/{client_id}

Marketing Management

BC-400

BitlinksCampaigns

POST /campaigns POST /channels POST /shorten GET /bitlinks/{bitlink}

What people ask Bitly 10

The questions people put to an LLM, and the jobs they hand an agent, that Bitly's APIs answer — each one linked to the operation that does it. Generated by API Evangelist

Bitly Groups API List groups “What groups do I have access to in Bitly?” Rename a group or change its domains “Can I rename one of my groups?” Get a group's details “Which organization and branded domains does a particular group use?” List tags used in a group “What tags are my team using on links in a group?”

Bitly Bitlinks API Shorten a long URL “How do I shorten a long URL with Bitly?” Create a Bitlink with title, tags and options “Can I set a title, tags and an expiration date at the moment I create a short link?” Delete an unedited Bitlink “Can I delete a short link I created by mistake?” Edit or redirect a Bitlink “How do I change where an existing short link redirects to?”

Bitly QR Codes API Create a saved QR code “How do I create a trackable QR code that points to a URL?” Generate a one-off static QR code image “Can I just generate a QR code image for some content without saving it in my account?” Download a saved QR code's image “How do I download the image for a QR code I already created?” Edit a QR code's title, design or tags “How do I change the design or title of a single existing QR code?”

Bitly Campaigns API List campaigns “What marketing campaigns have I set up in Bitly?” Create a campaign “How do I create a campaign to organize links across channels?” Get a campaign's details “Which channels are part of a specific campaign?” Update a campaign “Can I rename an existing campaign?”

Bitly Webhooks API List an organization's webhooks “Which webhooks are set up for my Bitly organization?” Create a webhook “How do I get notified at my own URL when an event happens in Bitly?” Get a webhook's configuration “What URL and event is a specific webhook configured with?” Update or pause a webhook “Can I change the destination URL of an existing webhook?”

Bitly Organizations API List my organizations “Which Bitly organizations do I belong to?” Get an organization's details “How do I look up the details of one organization by its GUID?” Count links shortened by an organization over time “How many links has my whole organization shortened over the last few months?” Break down an organization's shortens by group this month “Which groups in my organization are shortening the most links this month?”

Bitly Custom Bitlinks API Add a custom back-half to a Bitlink “How do I give a short link a memorable custom back-half on my branded domain?” Move a custom back-half to a different Bitlink “Can I repoint my custom keyword to a different short link without changing the keyword?” Get a custom Bitlink and its history “Where does my custom keyword link currently point, and where did it point before?” Get a custom Bitlink's clicks by destination “After I moved my custom keyword, how many clicks went to each past destination?”

Bitly User API Update the current user's name or default group “Can I change the display name on my own user account?” Get the current user's profile “How do I find out which Bitly user my access token belongs to?” Check API platform limits and usage counts “What API rate limits apply to my account and how much have I used?”

Bitly Apps API Look up an OAuth app by client ID “How do I see the details of a Bitly OAuth app from its client ID?”

Bitly BSDs API List branded short domains “Which branded short domains are available on my Bitly account?”

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 73.7/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 11.8 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 11.2 / 15

Access Clarity 14.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 8.2 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.6 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 59/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 6 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too
Pagination +5 pts — share of collection GETs (an array, or one wrapped in data/items/results ...) that declare a page/limit/offset/cursor parameter, a Link header or a next/cursor field; na with no collection GETs
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document +5 pts — a parsing /.well-known/ucp.json or acp.json declaring a version and at least one service, OR (0.27) a live x402 payment challenge from _data/x402-adoption.json — `self` when its endpoints are on the provider's own domain, `platform` when they are on a vendor's
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode +4 pts — OpenAPI: destructive operations expose a dry_run / simulate / preview / validate_only parameter

2 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Governance scores 18.2 — up to +9.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 62.8 — up to +9.3 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 74.4 — up to +5.1 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Browser Extension Stores (company-published Firefox add-ons; Chrome Web Store unreadable)	builds-on	27.1	1	-
Raycast Store Extensions (first-party publishers + community-wrapped products)	builds-on	27.1	1	-
IFTTT Services (service publishers)	builds-on	27.1	1	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 5

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

OAuth 2.0 Protected Resource Metadata

measured — observed by APIs.io (verified)

Dynamic Client Registration

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Bitly BSDs API

List the branded short domains (BSDs) available to the authenticated account. 1 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4....

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), extrac...

Bitly Campaigns API

Manage marketing campaigns and the channels inside them, grouping Bitlinks for attribution. 8 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bi...

Bitly Custom Bitlinks API

Create and update custom back-halves on existing Bitlinks and read clicks by destination for A/B rotations. 5 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes a...

Bitly Groups API

Manage groups (workspaces) — preferences, tags, shorten counts, exports, feature usage and historical usage — plus the full group-level click, scan and engagement analytics surf...

Bitly Organizations API

Read organizations, their plan limits, and shorten counts overall and by group. 5 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v...

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 opera...

Bitly User API

Read and update the authenticated user profile and read the platform limits applied to the account. 3 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https:...

Bitly Webhooks API

Create, read, update, delete and verify webhook endpoints that receive Bitly engagement events. 6 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://de...

Bitly MCP Server

Bitly's official remote Model Context Protocol server, exposing 25 tools for link creation, QR Codes, analytics, groups, custom domains and bulk upload. Hosted by Bitly at https...

Bitly Apps API

The Apps API from Bitly — 1 operation(s) for apps.

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 2

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Bitly MCP Server

Remote MCP server at api-ssl.bitly.com requiring OAuth; 25 tools listed.

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

: 5 concurrent
: minute
: hour

All 8 limits →

Billed by: account · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 2

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bitly Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Bitly Price Estimates

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bitly Rate Limits

8 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Bitly

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Bitly Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Bitly Engagement Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Bitly API Rules

66 rules · 51 errors 12 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

6 actions · documentation · bitly-webhooks-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bitly Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Bitly Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Bitly Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Bitly Trust Center

SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR, CCPA

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Bitly Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Bitly Agentic Access

94 operations · 27 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Login

Sandbox

Sandbox

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 9

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

MCPServer

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

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Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conventions

DataModel

Webhooks

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

PostmanCollection

PostmanCollection

OpenCollection

OpenCollection

Access & Security 10

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

SecurityTxt

Compliance

Security

OAuthScopes

TrustCenter

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Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

Support

StatusPage

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Changelog

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Plans

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: bitly
name: Bitly
description: Bitly is a link management platform for creating, branding, routing and measuring short links, QR Codes and link-in-bio
  pages at scale. The Bitly v4 REST API is a 94-operation, bearer-authenticated JSON API at https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4 covering
  Bitlink creation and expansion, custom back-halves, branded short domains, groups (workspaces) and organizations, campaigns
  and channels, dynamic and static QR Codes, bulk shortening, engagement webhooks, and a deep click/scan analytics surface
  sliced by country, city, device, OS, browser and referrer. Bitly publishes its own OpenAPI 3.0 definition and operates an
  official remote Model Context Protocol server, making it directly callable by AI agents.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - rate-limits
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bitly.png
tags:
- Links
- URL Shorteners
- QR Codes
- Analytics
- Marketing
- Link Management
- Webhook
- Attribution
- Agents
- MCP
tags_raw:
- Links
- URL Shortener
- QR Codes
- Analytics
- Marketing
- Link Management
- Webhooks
- Attribution
- Agents
- MCP
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bitly/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-08-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: bitly:bitly-bsds-api
  name: Bitly BSDs API
  description: List the branded short domains (BSDs) available to the authenticated account. 1 operation(s), extracted verbatim
    from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - BSDs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-bsds-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-bsds-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-bsds-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-bsds-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-bitlinks-api
  name: Bitly Bitlinks API
  description: 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.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - Bitlinks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-bitlinks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-bitlinks-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-bitlinks-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-bitlinks-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-campaigns-api
  name: Bitly Campaigns API
  description: Manage marketing campaigns and the channels inside them, grouping Bitlinks for attribution. 8 operation(s),
    extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - Campaigns
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-campaigns-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-campaigns-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-campaigns-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-campaigns-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-custom-bitlinks-api
  name: Bitly Custom Bitlinks API
  description: Create and update custom back-halves on existing Bitlinks and read clicks by destination for A/B rotations.
    5 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - Custom Bitlinks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-custom-bitlinks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-custom-bitlinks-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-custom-bitlinks-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-custom-bitlinks-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-groups-api
  name: Bitly Groups API
  description: Manage groups (workspaces) — preferences, tags, shorten counts, exports, feature usage and historical usage
    — plus the full group-level click, scan and engagement analytics surface. 28 operation(s), extracted verbatim from the
    OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - Group
  tags_raw:
  - Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-groups-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-groups-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-groups-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-organizations-api
  name: Bitly Organizations API
  description: Read organizations, their plan limits, and shorten counts overall and by group. 5 operation(s), extracted verbatim
    from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-organizations-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-organizations-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-organizations-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-qr-codes-api
  name: Bitly QR Codes API
  description: 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.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - QR Codes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-qr-codes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-qr-codes-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-qr-codes-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-qr-codes-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-user-api
  name: Bitly User API
  description: Read and update the authenticated user profile and read the platform limits applied to the account. 3 operation(s),
    extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-user-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-user-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-user-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-user-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-webhooks-api
  name: Bitly Webhooks API
  description: Create, read, update, delete and verify webhook endpoints that receive Bitly engagement events. 6 operation(s),
    extracted verbatim from the OpenAPI Bitly publishes at https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - Webhook
  tags_raw:
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-webhooks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-webhooks-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/bitly-engagement-webhooks.yml
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-webhooks-api.opencollection.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/bitly-webhooks-overlay.yaml
- aid: bitly:bitly-mcp-server
  name: Bitly MCP Server
  description: Bitly's official remote Model Context Protocol server, exposing 25 tools for link creation, QR Codes, analytics,
    groups, custom domains and bulk upload. Hosted by Bitly at https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp; authentication is required
    (bearer token or OAuth 2.1 with Dynamic Client Registration).
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/bitly-mcp/
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp
  tags:
  - MCP
  - Agents
  properties:
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/bitly-mcp.yml
  - type: ToolCrosswalk
    url: mcp/bitly-tool-crosswalk.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/bitly-mcp/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/bitly-mcp/overview/quickstart/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/bitly-mcp/overview/mcp-changelog/
- aid: bitly:bitly-apps-api
  name: Bitly Apps API
  description: The Apps API from Bitly — 1 operation(s) for apps.
  humanURL: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4
  tags:
  - Application
  tags_raw:
  - Apps
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bitly-apps-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/introduction
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/bitly-oauth-apps-api.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/bitly-oauth-apps-api.opencollection.json
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/bitly-capability-edges.yml
  name: Bitly Business Capability Map
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/bitly-oauth-apps-overlay.yaml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bitly-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/bitly-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/bitly-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bitly-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bitly-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bitly
- type: Website
  url: https://bitly.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dev.bitly.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://dev.bitly.com/api-reference
- type: Pricing
  url: https://bitly.com/pages/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://app.bitly.com/sign_up
- type: Login
  url: https://app.bitly.com/sign_in
- type: Authentication
  url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/authentication
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://dev.bitly.com/docs/getting-started/rate-limits
- type: Support
  url: https://support.bitly.com
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://bitly.statuspage.io
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/bitly
- url: https://bitly.com/blog/
  type: Blog
- type: Packages
  url: packages/bitly-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/bitly-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/bitly-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/bitly-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/bitly-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/bitly-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: security/bitly-trust-center.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/bitly-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/bitly-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/bitly-conventions.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/bitly-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/bitly-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/bitly-sandbox.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bitly-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bitly-rate-limits.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/bitly-engagement-webhooks.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/bitly-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/bitly-scopes.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://dev.bitly.com
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://security.bitly.com
- type: Changelog
  url: https://dev.bitly.com/bitly-mcp/overview/mcp-changelog/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://bitly.com/pages/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://bitly.com/pages/privacy
- type: MCPServer
  url: https://dev.bitly.com/bitly-mcp/
- type: PostmanCollection
  url: collections/bitly.postman_collection.json
- type: OpenCollection
  url: collections/bitly.opencollection.json
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/bitly-shorten-and-brand-a-link.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/bitly-report-link-performance.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/bitly-create-and-measure-a-qr-code.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/bitly-subscribe-to-engagement-events.md
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-13'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 38
  pass: local-v1

Bitly API — frequently asked questions

Does Bitly have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from Bitly, including Bitly BSDs API, Bitly Bitlinks API and Bitly Campaigns API, and 8 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Bitly API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for Bitly, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Bitly API?

Bitly documents its authentication (http/oauth2 · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Bitly Authentication.

How much does the Bitly API cost?

Bitly publishes its prices; its Free With Ads plan is $0/month as of 2026-10-28. APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Bitly, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Does Bitly have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 2 MCP servers for Bitly: Remote MCP server at api-ssl.bitly.com requiring OAuth; 25 tools listed.

Is the Bitly API ready for AI agents?

Bitly has a Kin Score of 73.7 out of 100 (exemplar) and an Agent Readiness score of 59.4 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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