Working with Links in Bitly

Overview

The following operations allow you to work with Links. Click an operation name to see details on how to use it.

For a sample proxy service that illustrates how to work with links, see Sample configuration.

Operation details

This section provides further details on the operations related to link.

Get a bitly short URL

The getShorten operation returns a bitly short URL .

<bitly.getShorten>
        <longtUrlforShorten>{$ctx:longtUrlforShorten}</longtUrlforShorten>
        <bitlyShortDomain>{$ctx:bitlyShortDomain}</bitlyShortDomain>
 </bitly.getShorten>

Properties

• longUrl:a long URL to be shortened
  

• domain: (optional) the short domain to use; either bit.ly, j.mp, or bitly.com or a custom short domain
  

Sample request

Following is a sample REST/JSON request that can be handled by the getShorten operation.

{
"longUrl":"http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2009/05/12/osgi-declarative-services/",
"domain":"nytimes.com"
}

Related Bitly documentation

http://dev.bitly.com/links.html#v3_shorten

Get the target (long) URL .

The getExpand operation returns the target (long) URL .

<bitly.getExpand>
    <shortUrl>{$ctx:shortUrl}</shortUrl>
</bitly.getExpand>

Properties

• shortUrl: refers to one or more bitly links
  

Sample request

Following is a sample REST/JSON request that can be handled by the getExpand operation.

{
"shortUrl":"http://bbc.in/1ngHJH4"
}

Related Bitly documentation

http://dev.bitly.com/links.html#v3_expand

Get the page title for a given bitly link

The getInfo operation returns the page title for a given bitly link .

<bitly.getInfo>        
     <shortUrlforInfo>{$ctx:shortUrlforInfo}</shortUrlforInfo>
     <expandUserinfo>{$ctx:expandUserinfo}</expandUserinfo>            
</bitly.getInfo>

Properties

• shortUrlforInfo: Refers to one or more bitly links.
  

• expandUserinfo: (optional) true| false – include extra user info in response.
  

Sample request

Following is a sample REST/JSON request that can be handled by the getInfo operation.

{
"shortUrlforInfo":"http://bbc.in/1ngDL1b",
"expandUserinfo":"true"
}

Related Bitly documentation

http://dev.bitly.com/links.html#v3_info

Saving a link as a bitmark in a user's history, with optional pre-set metadata

The getLinkSave operation saves a link as a bitmark in a user's history, with optional pre-set metadata .

<bitly.getLinkSave>
     <longtUrlforLinkSave>{$ctx:longtUrlforLinkSave}</longtUrlforLinkSave>            
     <titleforLink>{$ctx:titleforLink}</titleforLink>            
     <noteforLink>{$ctx:noteforLink}</noteforLink>             
</bitly.getLinkSave>

Properties

• longtUrlforLinkSave: string to query for.
  

• titleforLink: (optional) the title of this Bitlink.
  

• noteforLink: (optional) a description of, or note about, this Bitlink.
  

• private: (optional) boolean true or false indicating privacy setting (defaults to user-level setting).
  

Sample request

Following is a sample REST/JSON request that can be handled by the getLinkSave operation.

{
"longtUrlforLinkSave":"http://www.myfootballgames.co.uk/game/353/World-Cup-Penalty.html",
"titleforLink":"http://bit.ly/Tvs4M4",
"noteforLink":"http://bit.ly/Tvs4M4"
}

Related Bitly documentation

http://dev.bitly.com/links.html#v3_user_link_save

Query for a bitly link based on a long URL

The getLookup operation gets a link based on a long URL .

<bitly.getLookup>        
     <urlforLookup>{$ctx:urlforLookup}</urlforLookup>            
</bitly.getLookup>

Properties

• urlforLookup: an echo back of the url parameter.
  

Sample request

Following is a sample REST/JSON request that can be handled by the getLookup operation.

{
"urlforLookup":"http://google.com/"
}

Related Bitly documentation

Sample configuration

Following is a sample proxy service that illustrates how to connect to Bitly with the init operation and use the getShorten operation. The sample request for this proxy can be found in getLinkInfo sample request.

<proxy xmlns="http://ws.apache.org/ns/synapse"
       name="bitly"
       transports="https,http"
       statistics="disable"
       trace="disable"
       startOnLoad="true">
   <target>
       <inSequence onError="faultHandlerSeq">
         <property name="accessToken" expression="json-eval($.accessToken)"/>
         <property name="bitlyLink" expression="json-eval($.bitlyLink)" />
         <bitly.init>
            <accessToken>{$ctx:accessToken}</accessToken>
         </bitly.init>
         <bitly.getShorten>        
     		<longtUrlforShorten>{$ctx:longtUrlforShorten}</longtUrlforShorten>
     		<bitlyShortDomain>{$ctx:bitlyShortDomain}</bitlyShortDomain>            
		</bitly.getShorten>
         <respond/>
      </inSequence>
      <outSequence>
         <send/>
      </outSequence>
   </target>
   <description/>
</proxy>