The Autohive Bitly integration connects your Bitly account with Autohive’s automation platform, enabling:

  • Quick URL shortening - Shorten long URLs to compact Bitly links with custom domains and group association
  • Advanced bitlink creation - Create branded short links with custom back-halves, titles, and tags
  • Link management - Retrieve, update, and archive bitlinks with full lifecycle control
  • Click analytics - Track click counts by time unit (minute, hour, day, week, month) and get detailed summaries
  • Group organization - Manage bitlinks across multiple groups for team collaboration and campaigns
  • Organization access - List and access organizations for enterprise account management

Install the integration

  1. Log in to Autohive and navigate to Your user profile > Connections or Your workspace -> Integrations

  2. Locate the Bitly Integration card and click Connect to workspace

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  3. Authorize with Bitly - you’ll be redirected to Bitly’s authorization page

  4. Review and approve permissions. Autohive requests access to:

    • Create and manage short links
    • Access click analytics and metrics
    • Manage groups and organizations

    Ensure you approve the permissions required in order for the integration to function as expected.

  5. Confirm installation - you’ll be redirected to Autohive with “Connected” status displayed

Use the integration

You can now use the integration with your agents, workflows and scheduled tasks!

  1. Follow our Create your first agent guide on how to create an agent.
  2. In the ‘Agent settings’, scroll down to the ‘Add Integrations and Agents’ section, click ‘Add integrations and agents’, and select Bitly. You can choose what individual Bitly capabilities to turn on and off.
  3. Once the settings have been selected, begin prompting the agent with the workflow you’d like to achieve with Autohive and Bitly!

Available capabilities

  • Shorten URL: Quickly shorten long URLs to Bitly links with optional custom domains and group assignment
  • Create Bitlink: Create advanced bitlinks with custom back-halves (e.g., bit.ly/my-link), titles, and tags for organization
  • Get Bitlink: Retrieve detailed information about specific bitlinks including long URL, creation date, and metadata
  • Update Bitlink: Modify bitlink properties such as title, tags, and archived status
  • Expand Bitlink: Get the original long URL from any bitlink for verification or analysis
  • List Bitlinks: Browse bitlinks by group with pagination, keyword search, and archived status filtering (up to 100 per request)

Click Analytics

  • Get Click Counts: Retrieve detailed click data grouped by time unit (minute, hour, day, week, month) with customizable time ranges
  • Get Clicks Summary: Access total click counts for bitlinks with summary statistics by time period

Group and Organization Management

  • List Groups: Browse all groups the user belongs to for team collaboration and link organization
  • Get Group: Retrieve detailed information about specific groups including settings and membership
  • List Organizations: Access all organizations the user is associated with for enterprise account management

User Information

  • Get Current User: Retrieve authenticated user profile information including email, name, and default group

Key features

  • Create custom short URLs with memorable back-halves (bit.ly/your-brand-2024)
  • Use custom domains (e.g., go.yourcompany.com) for branded link experiences
  • Add descriptive titles and categorization tags to organize campaigns and content
  • Associate links with specific groups for team collaboration and access control
  • Full lifecycle control with create, read, update, and archive operations
  • Expand bitlinks to verify destination URLs without clicking
  • Search and filter bitlinks by keyword and archived status
  • Paginated browsing (up to 100 links per page) for efficient link discovery

Detailed Click Analytics

  • Track click performance by minute, hour, day, week, or month
  • Retrieve historical click data for any time range
  • Get instant summary statistics for total click counts
  • Monitor link engagement for campaign optimization and ROI analysis

Team Collaboration

  • Organize links across multiple groups for different teams or clients
  • List and manage group memberships for access control
  • Enterprise organization support for multi-team account structures
  • Default group assignment for streamlined link creation workflows

Common use cases

Marketing Campaign Tracking

  • Generate branded short links for social media posts, email campaigns, and ads
  • Tag links by campaign name, channel, and content type for organized tracking
  • Monitor click performance across different marketing channels and time periods
  • Generate click analytics reports for stakeholder communications

Social Media Automation

  • Automatically shorten URLs before posting to Twitter, LinkedIn, or other platforms
  • Create consistent branded links for all social media content
  • Track engagement metrics for social posts to optimize content strategy
  • Archive old campaign links while preserving click history

Content Distribution

  • Shorten article, video, and resource URLs for easier sharing
  • Create memorable short links for print materials, presentations, and QR codes
  • Update link destinations dynamically by changing the long URL target
  • Organize content links by topic, publication date, or content type using tags
  • Generate daily, weekly, or monthly click reports for distributed content
  • Track link performance over time to identify trending content
  • Export click data for integration with business intelligence tools
  • Monitor link engagement in real-time for time-sensitive campaigns

Multi-Brand Management

  • Manage short links across multiple brands or clients using separate groups
  • Use custom domains for each brand to maintain consistent brand identity
  • Generate per-brand analytics reports for client communications
  • Organize agency work with group-based access control and link separation

Disconnect the integration

Important: Disconnecting stops data synchronization but preserves existing data in both systems.

  1. Navigate to Your user profile -> Connections or Your workspace -> Integrations
  2. Find the Bitly Integration
  3. Click Disconnect and confirm

Data Impact: Existing data remains unchanged in both systems, but sync stops and Autohive loses Bitly API access.

Uninstall the app

From Bitly: Go to your Bitly Settings > Authorized Applications > Find Autohive and revoke access.