Python script to shorten a url with bitly API.

bitly_shorten.py

#! /usr/local/bin/python3.6
"""
URL shorten with bitly API v3
"""
import json
import requests
import sys
import traceback
import urllib


class UrlShortenBitly:
    URL   = "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v3/shorten"
    TOKEN = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

    def shorten(self, url_long):
        try:
            url = self.URL + "?" \
                + urllib.parse.urlencode({
                      "access_token": self.TOKEN,
                      "longUrl":      url_long
                  })
            res = requests.get(url)
            j = json.loads(res.text)
            print("STATUS CODE:", j["status_code"], j["status_txt"])
            print("   LONG URL:", j["data"]["long_url"])
            print("  SHORT URL:", j["data"]["url"])
        except Exception as e:
            raise


if __name__ == '__main__':
    url_long = "https://www.mk-mode.com/octopress/2018/02/25/python-napier-computation/"
    try:
        obj = UrlShortenBitly()
        obj.shorten(url_long)
    except Exception as e:
        traceback.print_exc()