Bitly

Bitly is a URL shortening service and a link management platform. Bitly allows you to shorten long URLs. In the context of Nintex Automation Cloud, Bitly is a connector A software component that allows seamless integration with third-party services, business applications, and content stores. Examples include Salesforce, Box, and Microsoft SharePoint. Connectors are used to create connections required for workflow actions and start events. used to create connections for Bitlyactions A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows..

For more information on Bitly, see the Bitly website.

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Create a Bitly connection

Create a connection from the connections page or from the action configuration panel when configuring the action. For information about creating connections and assigning permissions, see Manage connections.

Bitly account requirements

  • Nintex Automation Cloud uses the Nintex Automation Cloud - Bitly Connector to create Bitly connections. This connection requires you to grant the Nintex Automation Cloud domain access to certain Bitly data.
  • The account you use to create a connection for Bitly is the account that has access to the Bitly actions.

Create a Bitly data lookup

Use the Bitly data lookup to create a drop-down list of Bitly groups in a form. For example, to allow users to select a specific group in a form, add a drop-down list of groups to the form using a Data lookup form control A form control that allows users to select from a drop-down list of values that have been fetched from a third-party service.. The data lookup form control uses a Bitly - Get groups data lookup to list the groups.

You can create a data lookup to:

  • Get groups: list all the groups for the connection.

Each data lookup is configured for a specific Bitly user. You can create as many data lookups as you need.

To add a Bitly drop-down list to your form:

  1. Create your Bitly data lookup.

    2. See Data lookups.

  2. Add a data lookup form control to your form and configure it to use your new data lookup.

Bitly data lookup fields

To access the data lookup fields, in the Add data lookup section, select Bitly in the Connector field and then select the Operation.

Operation

Field/Selection

Description
Get groups Connection The connection to use for the data lookup.