bitly

node-bitly - Bitly API for nodejs

This module provides calls to the Bitly API for Nodejs. For more information on the API request and responses visit the Bitly API docs

Installation

To install via NPM type the following: npm install bitly

You can also install via git by cloning: git clone https://github.com/tanepiper/node-bitly.git /path/to/bitly

Usage

var Bitly = require('bitly');
var bitly = new Bitly('<YOUR ACCESS TOKEN>');
// To get your access token, visit https://bitly.com/a/oauth_apps (under Generic Access Token)

/**
 * With callback
 */
bitly.shorten('https://github.com/tanepiper/node-bitly', function(err, response) {
  if (err) throw err;

  // See http://dev.bitly.com/ for format of returned object
  var short_url = response.data.url

  // Do something with data
});

/**
 * With promise
 */
bitly.shorten('https://github.com/tanepiper/node-bitly')
  .then(function(response) {
    // See http://dev.bitly.com/ for format of returned object
    var short_url = response.data.url

    // Do something with data
  }, function(error) {
    throw error;
  });

Tests

To run tests type npm test

Bit.ly Features

This module is limited to the following API methods:

• shorten
• expand
• clicks / clicks_by_minute / clicks_by_day
• referrers
• countries
• bitly_pro_domain
• lookup
• info
• history
• link_edit