Bitly API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Bitly API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

MindCloud is an integration company that offers one normalized API to access 3,100+ apps from a single place. It cleans up provider-specific quirks, keeps requests and responses consistent, and centralizes authentication so you do not need to manage separate flows for every app. Browse other apps.

Meet Bitly: Shorten, manage, and analyze Bitly links. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Bitly request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Bitly connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Bitly action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/bitly/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Bitly connection. Then call an action such as Expand Bitlink:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/bitly/latest/actions/expand-bitlink" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authentication

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected Bitly account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Bitly credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions. Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs.

Bitly actions

All 28 published actions for this Bitly version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• PUTBulk Update Group Bitlinks
• POSTCreate Full Bitlink
• DELETEDelete Bitlink
• GETExpand Bitlink
• GETGet Bitlink
• GETGet Group
• GETGet Group Feature Usage
• GETGet Group Preferences
• GETGet OAuth App
• GETGet Organization
• GETGet Organization Plan Limits
• GETGet Organization Shorten Counts By Group
• GETGet Platform Limits
• GETGet QR Code
• GETGet QR Code Image
• GETGet Sorted Bitlinks
• GETGet User
• GETList BSDs
• GETList Group Bitlinks
• GETList Group QR Codes
• GETList Group Tags
• GETList Groups
• GETList Organizations
• POSTShorten Link
• PUTUpdate Bitlink
• PUTUpdate Group
• PUTUpdate Group Preferences
• PUTUpdate QR Code

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