# Bitly URL Shortener for Raycast

URL: https://www.raycast.com/blessanm86/bitly-url-shortener

> Quickly shorten the current clipboard URL with Bitly

- Install: raycast://extensions/blessanm86/bitly-url-shortener
- Author: [Acbaaxw Lxhdbk](https://www.raycast.com/blessanm86)
- Installs: 1,819
- Updated: 2022-06-05
- Source: https://github.com/raycast/extensions/tree/a1fbda9a5e2773c785084e9e3d2bc8f886bc2564/extensions/bitly-url-shortener/

## Commands

- **Shorten URL**: Overwrite the clipboard contents with a shortened URL

## README

### Bitly URL Shortener

Extension to shorten your url’s with Bitly. Copy the url to shorten and then run the command which will put the shortened url in the clipboard.

#### How to Get Access Token

1. Go to https://bitly.com/a/sign_in
2. Login or create an account on Bitly
3. Generate an access token at https://app.bitly.com/settings/api
4. If you used an oAuth provider like Google to sign in, please use the password reset flow to create a password which you can use to generate the access token.

_Note: If this instruction wasn't clear, please let me know in [Slack Community](https://raycast.com/community) or feel free to create a PR with improved steps._