Bitly_Get_Clicks_for_a_Bitlink.ipynb

Kernel: Python 3

Bitly - Get Clicks for a Bitlink

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Tags: #bitly #api #getclicks #bitlink #python #dev

Author: Florent Ravenel

Last update: 2023-04-12 (Created: 2023-02-24)

Description: This notebook will show how to use the Bitly API to get the click counts for a specified link in an array based on a date.

References:

• Bitly API Reference

• Bitly Authentication

Input

Import libraries

import requests
import naas
import json

Setup Variables

• access_token: Bitly access token. Get your token here.

• bitlink: Bitlink to get clicks for.

• unit: Unit of time for the response.

• units: Number of units of time to query data for.

access_token = naas.secret.get("BITLY_TOKEN") or "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
bitlink = "bit.ly/3lU6hRt"
unit = "day"
units = -1

Model

Get Clicks for a Bitlink

This function will use the Bitly API to get the click counts for the specified link in an array based on a date.

def get_clicks_for_bitlink(token, bitlink, unit, units):
    url = f"https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/bitlinks/{bitlink}/clicks"
    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
    params = {"unit": unit, "units": units}
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.json()

Output

Display result

clicks = get_clicks_for_bitlink(access_token, bitlink, unit, units)
print(json.dumps(clicks, indent=4))