Using the Bitly API with Google Apps Script (JavaScript)

To get started with version 4 of the Bitly api in Google Apps Script, ensure that you have a Bitly account with a username and password (not using the Facebook, Twitter, or Google login options).

Assuming that you are developing applications or scripts that will be used for a single account you don't need to worry about OAuth authentication, you can get a generic access token from this link.

If you haven't already, create a Google Apps Script. Here are some functions you can use:

https://gist.github.com/misterhay/38a500545ce7abc75b875f33f01c9f51

	function bitlyGroupId() {
	var accessToken = ''; // paste in your access token from https://bitly.is/accesstoken
	var headers = {'Authorization' : 'Bearer '+accessToken};
	var params = {'headers' : headers};
	var fetchUrl = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/groups';
	var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fetchUrl, params);
	var group_guid = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()).groups[0].guid;
	Logger.log(group_guid)
	return group_guid
	}
	function bitlyShorten(longUrl) {
	var accessToken = ''; // paste in your access token from https://bitly.is/accesstoken
	var group_guid = bitlyGroupId(); // or you can run the function and paste in the group_guid here
	var fetchUrl = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/shorten';
	var headers = {
	'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ accessToken,
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	};
	var payload = {
	//'domain' : 'bit.ly',
	//'title' : '',
	//'tags' : ['', ''],
	'group_guid' : group_guid,
	'long_url' : longUrl
	};
	var params = {
	'method' : 'post',
	'headers' : headers,
	'payload' : JSON.stringify(payload),
	'muteHttpExceptions' : true
	};
	var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fetchUrl, params);
	var shortUrl = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()).link;
	Logger.log(shortUrl);
	return shortUrl;
	}
	function bitlyExpand(bitlink_id) {
	// bitlink_id should not be in the form bit.ly/xxxxxx
	// or something like var bitlink_id = bitly_url.substring(bitly_url.indexOf('//')+2);
	var accessToken = ''; // paste in your access token from https://bitly.is/accesstoken
	var fetchUrl = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/expand'
	var headers = {
	'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ accessToken,
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	};
	var payload = {
	'bitlink_id' : bitlink_id
	};
	var params = {
	'method' : 'post',
	'headers' : headers,
	'payload' : JSON.stringify(payload),
	};
	var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fetchUrl, params);
	var longUrl = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()).long_url;
	return longUrl;
	}
	function bitlyStats(bitlink_id) {
	// bitlink_id should not be in the form bit.ly/xxxxxx
	// or something lik var bitlink_id = bitly_url.substring(8);
	var accessToken = '';
	var fetchUrl = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/bitlinks/' + bitlink_id + '/clicks/summary';
	var headers = {
	'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ accessToken,
	'Content-Type': 'application/json',
	};
	var params = {
	'method' : 'get',
	'headers' : headers,
	};
	var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fetchUrl, params);
	var clickCount = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()).total_clicks;
	return clickCount;
	}

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Hopefully that's enough to get you started. You can browse the rest of the Bitly API documentation for other functions.