JavaScript code to interact with the Bitly API

bitly-api-with-google-apps-script.gs

function bitlyGroupId() {
  var accessToken = ''; // paste in your access token from https://bitly.is/accesstoken
  var headers = {'Authorization' : 'Bearer '+accessToken};
  var params = {'headers' : headers};
  var fetchUrl = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/groups';
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fetchUrl, params);
  var group_guid = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()).groups[0].guid;
  Logger.log(group_guid)
  return group_guid
}

function bitlyShorten(longUrl) {
  var accessToken = ''; // paste in your access token from https://bitly.is/accesstoken
  var group_guid = bitlyGroupId(); // or you can run the function and paste in the group_guid here
  var fetchUrl = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/shorten';
  var headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ accessToken,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  };
  var payload = {
    //'domain' : 'bit.ly',
    //'title' : '',
    //'tags' : ['', ''],
    'group_guid' : group_guid,
    'long_url' : longUrl
  };
  var params = {
    'method' : 'post',
    'headers' : headers,
    'payload' : JSON.stringify(payload),
    'muteHttpExceptions' : true
  };
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fetchUrl, params);
  var shortUrl = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()).link;
  Logger.log(shortUrl);
  return shortUrl;
}

function bitlyExpand(bitlink_id) {
  // bitlink_id should not be in the form bit.ly/xxxxxx
  // or something like  var bitlink_id = bitly_url.substring(bitly_url.indexOf('//')+2);
  var accessToken = ''; // paste in your access token from https://bitly.is/accesstoken
  var fetchUrl = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/expand'
  var headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ accessToken,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  };
  var payload = {
    'bitlink_id' : bitlink_id
  };
  var params = {
    'method' : 'post',
    'headers' : headers,
    'payload' : JSON.stringify(payload),
  };
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fetchUrl, params);
  var longUrl = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()).long_url;
  return longUrl;
}

function bitlyStats(bitlink_id) {
  // bitlink_id should not be in the form bit.ly/xxxxxx
  // or something lik var bitlink_id = bitly_url.substring(8);
  var accessToken = '';
  var fetchUrl = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/bitlinks/' + bitlink_id + '/clicks/summary';
  var headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer '+ accessToken,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  };
  var params = {
    'method' : 'get',
    'headers' : headers,
  };
  var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(fetchUrl, params);
  var clickCount = JSON.parse(response.getContentText()).total_clicks;
  return clickCount;
}

Receiving Error : Exception: Request failed for https://api-ssl.bitly.com returned code 404. Truncated server response: 404 page not found
(use muteHttpExceptions option to examine full response)

Did you paste in the access token from https://bitly.is/accesstoken ?

Yes

Hmm, not sure. Check out https://dev.bitly.com

Receiving Error : Exception: Request failed for https://api-ssl.bitly.com returned code 404. Truncated server response: 404 page not found
(use muteHttpExceptions option to examine full response)

Did you paste in the access token from https://bitly.is/accesstoken ?

Yes

Hmm, not sure. Check out https://dev.bitly.com

Here is the error
Exception: Request failed for https://api-ssl.bitly.com returned code 404. Truncated server response: 404 page not found
(use muteHttpExceptions option to examine full response)
bitlyStats @ github -gist.gs:74