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I would like to be able to generate custom bit.lys (http://bit.ly/thecakeisalie type things) through their API. This does not appear to be possible, but I thought I'd check; does anyone happen to know otherwise?
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The Bitly API Bitly is the most widely trusted link management platform in the world. By using the Bitly API, you will exercise the full power of your links through automated link customization, mobile deep linking, and click analytics.
If you have a paid subscription, you will have the option to select a custom domain to brand your link. By default, links will be created using the "bit.ly" domain. Paste the long URL into the Paste Long URL box, this will auto-generate a shortened link. Click Create.
Go to your Bitly, click on the hamburger menu on the top-right side > Settings > Advanced Settings > API Support > click on the link Generic Access Tokens. Type in your password and generate a generic token. That's what you'll use for authentication.
This unfortunately had to be removed for our free users due to on-going abuse. All of the custom bitlinks on bit.ly are created in the same key space, so allowing for automated creation there quickly leads to there being no sane options availble for anybody else.
That being said, we have recently added the ability for our paid customers to create custom bitlinks if they are using a custom domain. In this case, our customers get their own key space so creating custom bitlinks en-mass isn't a problem.
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It was removed from the API. I like many others were trying to do this and bit.ly's support email replied saying it has been removed. Similar experiences on their ApiDocumentation wiki here.
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