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Back to Actions Integrations 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

ActionDescriptionMethod
Short an URLShortens any long URLPOST

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Shorten a URL

  1. Install the template from Bitly Templates.
  2. The Short URL dialog task is added with: Dialog task added
    • 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: Request Sample Request: 
      {
  "long_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_V"
}
      Click +Add Response to add sample responses: Add Response 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. Enter long url
  6. The URL is shortened. Click View Stats to see URL statistics in Bitly. View Stats