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Shorten a Link

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Published Apr 8, 2025

Converts a long url to a Bitlink. You may see errors returned from this endpoint - "BRANDED_LINK_MONTHLY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED" occurs if you have shortened more links than your account is configured for for the month, and "DNS_CONFIGURATION_ERROR" occurs if you are attempting to shorten links against a custom domain which doesn't have DNS properly configured.

Script bitly Verified

The script

Submitted by hugo697 Bun
Verified 428 days ago
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//native
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type Bitly = {
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  token: string;
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};
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/**
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 * Shorten a Link
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 * Converts a long url to a Bitlink. You may see errors returned from this endpoint - "BRANDED_LINK_MONTHLY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED" occurs if you have shortened more links than your account is configured for for the month, and "DNS_CONFIGURATION_ERROR" occurs if you are attempting to shorten links against a custom domain which doesn't have DNS properly configured.
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 */
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export async function main(
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  auth: Bitly,
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  body: { long_url: string; domain?: string; group_guid?: string },
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) {
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  const url = new URL(`https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/shorten`);
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  const response = await fetch(url, {
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    method: "POST",
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    headers: {
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      "Content-Type": "application/json",
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      Authorization: "Bearer " + auth.token,
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    },
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    body: JSON.stringify(body),
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  });
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  if (!response.ok) {
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    const text = await response.text();
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    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${text}`);
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  }
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  return await response.json();
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}
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