bitly-react
v6.0.12
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A Bit.ly API library for react
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FORK OF node-bitly - Unofficial Bitly API for react
node-bitly - Unofficial Bitly API for nodejs
Current Versions
- v6.0.x - Support for Node >=6. Available on npm as
npm install bitly@latest
- v5.1.x - Support for Node >=4. Available on npm as
npm install bitly@stable
Version 5 is end-of-life and will only recieve minor updates in the future and is considered stable. This will only ever support the Bitly v3 API
Version 6 is the current in-development version, re-written in Typescript. This version currently only supports the Bitly v3 API and will continue to do so in v6.0.x
. Version 6.1.x
will introduce Bitly v4 support.
Module Features
This module provides calls to the Bitly API for Nodejs.
For more information on the API request and responses visit the Bitly API docs
node-bitly
is programmed with TypeScript
but is compiled to JavaScript and supports node 6, 8, 10
. When you import the client you get full type information. There maybe be some gaps in the information but this will be filled in, in future releases.
Currently node-bitly
only supports Bitly's v3
API and has this hard coded in the parameter type. Support for version 4 will be added in a future release
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
This library uses the API provided by bitly and requires an OAuth token to use. To get your access token, visit OAuth Apps (under Generic Access Token)
See http://dev.bitly.com for format of returned objects from the API
To see the available libary APIs, you can view the API Documentation offline, or you can view the index here (the generated documentation does not work on Github).
Code
TypeScript / ES6 Imports
import { BitlyClient } from 'bitly-react';
const bitly = new BitlyClient('<accessToken>', {});
async function init() {
let result;
try {
result = await bitly.shorten('https://github.com/tanepiper/node-bitly');
} catch (e) {
throw e;
}
return result;
}
init();
JavaScript
const { BitlyClient } = require('bitly-react');
const bitly = new BitlyClient('<accessToken>', {});
let result;
try {
result = await bitly.shorten(uri);
} catch(e) {
throw e;
}
return result;
If you are not using node 8
then you can still use the library with Promise
values:
const BitlyClient = require('bitly-react');
const bitly = new BitlyClient('<accessToken>');
bitly
.shorten('https://github.com/tanepiper/node-bitly')
.then(function(result) {
console.log(result);
})
.catch(function(error) {
console.error(error);
});
You can also do raw requests to any Bitly endpoint. With this you need to pass the access token to the method
const BitlyClient = require('bitly-react');
const bitly = new BitlyClient('<accessToken>');
try {
return await bitly.bitlyRequest('link/referrers_by_domain', {
link: 'https://github.com/tanepiper/node-bitly',
unit: 'hour',
timezone: 'Europe/Amsterdam'
});
} catch(e) {
throw e;
}
Tests
To run tests type npm test
. Please note one test will fail if you use your own API key, please update the string accordingly.
Support This Project
This module is a side project of mine and I don't actively use the module except to completly over-engineer the CI pipeline and re-write it in Typescript all in the name of learning. But to add features like the v4 API would take a lot of work, so if you use this library a lot please consider donating using the links below. Or if you learned something useful from one of my blog posts talking about the changes I've done with this module please consider leaving a tip.
You can also PayPal Me.