Bitly - Create Links

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Tags: #bitly #link #shorten #url #create #python

Author: Florent Ravenel

Last update: 2023-04-12 (Created: 2023-02-16)

Description: This notebook will show how to create short links with Bitly.

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Input

Import libraries

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import requests
import json

Setup Variables

token: Generate a Bitly Access Token
long_url: URL to be shortened

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token = "<YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>"
long_url = "https://www.example.com/"

Model

Shorten URL

This function will use the Bitly API to shorten a given URL.

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def shorten_url(token, long_url):
    url = "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/shorten"
    headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + token}
    payload = {"long_url": long_url}
    response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
    response_json = response.json()
    return response_json["link"]

Output

Display result

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short_url = shorten_url(token, long_url)
print(short_url)