Playing with the bit.ly Plaintext API

The bit.ly plaintext API is just this url:

http://api.bit.ly/shorten?format=text&history=1&version=2.0.1&longUrl=http://cnn.com&login=bitlyapidemo&apiKey=R_0da49e0a9118ff35f52f629d2d71bf07

“format=text” will make the API return just a string instead of the full JSON response. The above call returns:

http://bit.ly/15DlK

JSON api is handier in most places, but I have a few quick hits where the plaintext version is gonna work just fine. Full docs are at http://bit.ly/apidocs and more tips on http://blog.bit.ly/