r-udren/api-bitly

Using Bitly API

Bitly Link Shortener and Click Counter

This Python script working with Bitly API to shorten URLs and count clicks on Bitly links.

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• requests
• dotenv

Installation & Usage

1. Clone repository to your local machine

git clone https://github.com/R-udren/api-bitly.git

2. Go to the program directory

cd api-bitly

3. Install the requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. After configuration launch script.

python main.py [your link]

5. You can see usage by typing

python main.py -h

Configuration

Before running the script, you need to set up your Bitly API token. Here's how:

1. Go to Bitly's Documentation and create an account.
2. Create a new access token.
3. Rename the EXAMPLE.env file to .env.
4. Open the .env file and replace YOUR_BITLY_TOKEN with your actual Bitly API token.