Bitly - Update a Bitlink

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Tags: #bitly #api #update #bitlink #reference #dev

Author: Florent Ravenel

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

Description: This notebook will show how to update fields in the specified link using Bitly API.

References:

Input

Import libraries

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import requests

Setup Variables

token: Generate a Bitly Access Token
bitlink: Bitlink to be updated
title: New title for the Bitlink
long_url: New long URL for the Bitlink

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token = "<YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>"
bitlink = "<YOUR_BITLINK_HERE>"
title = "<YOUR_TITLE_HERE>"
long_url = "<YOUR_LONG_URL_HERE>"

Model

Update Bitlink

Update fields in the specified link.

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url = f"https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/bitlinks/{bitlink}"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
data = {"title": title, "long_url": long_url}
response = requests.patch(url, headers=headers, json=data)

Output

Display result

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response.json()