The Bitly API enables you to programmatically shorten URLs, track click rates, and manage link performance metrics. By integrating Bitly with Pipedream, you can automate various tasks around link management and amalgamate Bitly’s capabilities with other services, thereby streamlining digital marketing efforts, enhancing social media strategies, and monitoring engagement through data-driven insights.

Connect Bitly#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    bitly: {
      type: "app",
      app: "bitly",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/user`,
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.bitly.$auth.oauth_access_token}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Connect Node#

// To use previous step data, pass the `steps` object to the run() function
export default defineComponent({
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    // Return data to use it in future steps
    return steps.trigger.event
  },
})

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