Parse Bitly Module

Link shortening module for Parse which uses Bitly

Bitly (formerly Bit.ly) is a URL shortening and bookmarking service owned by Bitly, Inc. (https://bitly.com/)

Sign up for a Bitly account at https://bitly.com/a/sign_up

There are two methods of authenticating with Bitly's API

1- OAuth access token which can be generated by visiting: https://bitly.com/a/oauth_apps

OR

2- LoginName and ApiKey (deprecated) which can be generated by visiting: https://bitly.com/a/your_api_key/

var reallyLongLink = "http://www.thisisareallylonglink.com/";

var bitly = require('cloud/bitly.js'); //bitly.js must exist in your cloud directory

var authToken = "YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN";

bitly.initializeWithOAuthToken(authToken);

//or you could have initialized with Login/ApiKey (deprecated)
var login = "YOUR_LOGIN";
var api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY";
bitly.initializeWithLoginAndApiKey(login, api_key);

//call shortenUrl, and pass the url you'd like to shorten as 'longUrl'
bitly.shortenUrl({ longUrl : longUrl }).then(handleSuccess, handleError);

Original: https://parse.com/questions/bitlyjs-a-cloud-code-module-for-shortening-long-urls

Revised to use Parse.Promise by SmallSharpTools (http://sstools.co/)

This revision allows for the returned process to be used asynchronously. Below is an example of a Cloud Code function which uses this module asynchronously.

var shortenUrl = function(request, response) {
    
    var handleSuccess = function(shortenedUrl) {
        response.success({ shortenedUrl : shortenedUrl });
    };

    var handleError = function(error) {
        response.error(error);
    };

    bitly.shortenUrl({ 
        longUrl: request.params.longUrl 
    }).then(handleSuccess, handleError);
};
Parse.Cloud.define("shortenUrl", shortenUrl);