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Using Only Javascript To Shrink URLs Using The Bit.ly API


I'm playing a bit with Javascript these days... I was shrinking some URLs using bit.ly to tweet them, then I started to think on a automated process that could use their API to shrink the URLs I wanted, then I looked up on their documentation, and I saw that they only support PHP(with some Javascript), but there is anyway that I could make this using only Javascript?


Solution

  • Here is an example how to get a shortened URL with Bitly API and jQuery, no server side code required.

    function get_short_url(long_url, login, api_key, func)
    {
        $.getJSON(
            "http://api.bitly.com/v3/shorten?callback=?", 
            { 
                "format": "json",
                "apiKey": api_key,
                "login": login,
                "longUrl": long_url
            },
            function(response)
            {
                func(response.data.url);
            }
        );
    }
    

    The following code could be used to get a short URL:

    /*
    Sign up for Bitly account at
     https://bitly.com/a/sign_up
    
    and upon completion visit
    https://bitly.com/a/your_api_key/ 
    to get "login" and "api_key" values
    */
    var login = "LOGIN_HERE";
    var api_key = "API_KEY_HERE";
    var long_url = "http://www.kozlenko.info";
    
    get_short_url(long_url, login, api_key, function(short_url) {
        console.log(short_url);
    });