Bitly

Bitly is a URL shortening service and a link management platform. Bitly allows you to shorten long URLs. In the context of Nintex Workflow, 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. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process..

For more information on Bitly, see the Bitly website.

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 Workflow uses the Nintex Workflow - Bitly Connector to create Bitly connections. This connection requires you to grant the Nintex Workflow 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 allow users to select from a drop-down list that has values sourced from a third-party service.. The data lookup form control uses a Bitly - Get groups data lookup to list the groups.

For information on creating a data lookup and assigning permissions to it, see Data lookups.

You can create an Bitly data lookup to perform the following actions using the operations available:

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

Bitly data lookup fields

When you create the Bitly data lookup, you can configure some additional fields for the operations to retrieve specific data.

To access the Bitly data lookup fields, in the Data lookups page, click Add data lookup, select Bitly as the Connector, and then select the Operation.

Operation	Field/Selection	Description
Get groups	Connection	The connection to use for the data lookup.