Get Clicks Summary

bitly.get_clicks_summary
ActionBusiness appsconnection required

Calls the Bitly API with the connection's credentials.

Return a single rolled-up click total for one Bitlink over the requested window of time.

Connection

Required
Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type
OAuth 2.0
Providers
Bitly
Secret shape
{"access_token": "…"} — a Bitly generic access token, or {"client_id": "…", "client_secret": "…", "refresh_token": "…"}
Config it needs
group_guid, domain, organization_guid
Resolved by
config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

4 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

FieldTypeRequiredDefaultConstraintsExample
bitlink
The Bitlink to act on, as domain/hash (bit.ly/2kZDMbT) or the full short URL.
stringYes——bit.ly/2kZDMbT
unit
The size of one time bucket in the returned series.
stringNodayone of "minute", "hour", "day", "week", "month"—
units
How many of those units to look back over; -1 covers the whole history.
numberNo-1≥ -1—
unit_reference
ISO-8601 timestamp of the most recent point to pull metrics for; defaults to now.
stringNo—iso8601 format—

Example configuration

Every value below is the contract’s own example or default — nothing invented.

{
  "bitlink": "bit.ly/2kZDMbT",
  "unit": "day",
  "units": -1
}

Output

One shape.

result

FieldTypeExample
total_clicks
Total clicks over the requested window.
number—
unit
The time bucket the window was measured in.
string—
units
How many units the window spanned.
number—
unit_reference
The most recent point in the window.
string—
bitlink
The Bitlink the total belongs to.
string—
{
  "bitlink": "",
  "total_clicks": 0,
  "unit": "",
  "unit_reference": "",
  "units": 0
}

See Get Clicks Summary run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Bitly connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.