Using the Bitly Action Template

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Use prebuilt Bitly action templates to auto-create dialog tasks.

Prerequisites: Configure Bitly and install templates before proceeding.

Navigate to Automation AI > Use Cases > Dialogs, then click the auto-created dialog to open the canvas.

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Supported Actions

Action	Description	Method
Short an URL	Shortens any long URL	POST

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Shorten a URL

1. Install the template from Bitly Templates.

2. The Short URL dialog task is added with:

   

   • shortUrl – User intent to shorten a URL.

   • longURL – Entity node to enter a long URL.

   • shortUrlService – Bot action service to shorten the URL. Click Edit Request:

     

     Sample Request:

     {
       "long_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_V"
     }
     

     Click +Add Response to add sample responses:

     

     Sample Response:

     {
       "created_at": "2023-08-25T08:38:00+0000",
       "id": "bit.ly/3E8Nec6",
       "link": "https://bit.ly/3E8Nec6",
       "custom_bitlinks": [],
       "long_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_V",
       "archived": false,
       "tags": [],
       "deeplinks": [],
       "references": {
         "group": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/groups/Bn448WZsE7j"
       }
     }
     

   • generalQueryMessage – Message node to display the shortened URL.

3. Click Train to complete training.

4. Click Talk to Bot to test.

5. Enter a long URL when prompted.

   

6. The URL is shortened. Click View Stats to see URL statistics in Bitly.