--- title: "Connect ActiveCampaign and Bitly - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Deal task completed\" fires in ActiveCampaign, your agent runs \"Update a User\" in Bitly." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-bitly" --- # Connect ActiveCampaign and Bitly When **Deal task completed** fires in [ActiveCampaign](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecampaign), your agent runs **Update a User** in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), or **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly to **Add contact** in ActiveCampaign. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveCampaign **19** triggers ActiveCampaign **84** actions Bitly **8** triggers Bitly **25** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ActiveCampaign and Bitly to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ActiveCampaign and Bitly can do together ### From ActiveCampaign to Bitly - When **Deal task completed** in ActiveCampaign then **Update a User** in Bitly - When **New contact** in ActiveCampaign then **Add Custom Bitlink** in Bitly ### From Bitly to ActiveCampaign - When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Add contact** in ActiveCampaign - When **New Branded Short Domain** in Bitly then **Add contact to automation** in ActiveCampaign Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with ActiveCampaign and Bitly ## Triggers and actions 27 triggers · 109 actions - Trigger **Contact unsubscribed from list** Fires instantly when a contact unsubscribes from a list. Self-registers an ActiveCampaign webhook for the 'unsubscribe' event. - Trigger **Deal task completed** Fires instantly when a deal task is completed. - Trigger **Email opened** Fires instantly when a contact opens an email. Self-registering ActiveCampaign webhook on the 'open' event. - Trigger **Link clicked in email** Fires instantly when a contact clicks a link in an email. Self-registers an ActiveCampaign webhook for the click event. - Trigger **New contact** Polling trigger. Fires when a new contact is created, newest first. - Trigger **New contact added to list** Triggers when a new contact is added to a list. - Trigger **New deal** Polling trigger. Fires when a new deal is created, newest first. - Trigger **New deal task** Fires instantly when a new deal task is created. - Trigger **New list** Polling trigger. Fires when a new list is created, newest first. - Trigger **New note** Triggered when a new note is created. - Trigger **New or updated contact** Polling trigger. Fires when a contact is created or updated, by most-recent update. - Trigger **New or updated deal** Triggers on a new or updated deal. - Trigger **New or updated deal (instant)** Triggers when a new deal is created or an existing deal is updated. - Trigger **New tag** Polling trigger. Fires when a new tag is created, newest first. - Trigger **New task** Triggered when a new task is created. - Trigger **Tag added to contact** Triggers when a tag is added to a contact. - Trigger **Tag removed from contact** Fires instantly when a tag is removed from a contact. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated contacts** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated contacts, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated deals** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated deals, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Add account** Adds a new account (organization). - Action **Add contact** Adds a new contact. - Action **Add contact to automation** Adds a contact to an automation by contact ID and automation ID. - Action **Add contact to list** Subscribes a contact to a list (status 1) or unsubscribes (status 2) via contactLists. - Action **Add contact via mapped list** Adds (upserts) a contact with mapped fields and the target list id. Ports the dev v1 subscriber_add op to the AC v3 contact/sync endpoint. - Action **Add custom contact object record** Adds a record for the specified contact custom object to the specified contact. - Action **Add deal** Adds a new deal. - Action **Add deal via mappings** Adds a new deal, accepting pipeline and stage by name (mapped) plus standard deal fields. - Action **Add list** Creates a new list. - Action **Add note to contact** Adds a note to a contact. - Action **Add or update contact by email** Adds a new contact, or updates the existing contact if the email already exists (sync endpoint). - Action **Add tag** Creates a new tag. - Action **Add tag to contact** Adds an existing tag to a contact by tag ID and contact ID. - Action **Add task** Adds a new task in ActiveCampaign - Action **Bulk import contacts** Import many contacts in one call with tags/list membership. - Action **Clear contact custom field value** Clears (empties) the value of the specified custom field for the specified contact. - Action **Create abandoned cart** Creates an abandoned cart record via the Deep Data e-commerce integration (ecomOrders with abandonedDate). - Action **Create account association** Creates an account association with a contact ID. - Action **Create a deal note** Add a note to a deal. - Action **Create a deal stage** Creates a new deal stage in the specified pipeline. - Action **Create a deal stage by mapped pipeline** Creates a new deal stage in the mapped pipeline. - Action **Create an ecommerce customer** Create a Deep Data ecommerce customer linking a contact to a store. - Action **Create an ecommerce order** Create a Deep Data ecommerce order record. - Action **Create a note** Create a free-text note attached to a CRM object. - Action **Create an SMS broadcast** Create a new SMS broadcast message to a recipient list. - Action **Create a pipeline** Creates a new pipeline (deal group) in ActiveCampaign. - Action **Create a secondary contact** Associate an additional contact with a deal. - Action **Create or update custom-object record** Upsert a custom-object (schema) record. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact by ID. - Action **Delete custom contact object record** Deletes a record from the specified custom contact object. - Action **Delete deal** Deletes an existing deal. - Action **Delete deal stage** Deletes an existing deal stage. - Action **Delete list** Deletes a list by ID. - Action **Delete note** Delete a note by ID. - Action **Delete tag** Deletes a tag by ID. - Action **Delete task** Deletes a task by ID in ActiveCampaign - Action **Duplicate campaign** Duplicates an ActiveCampaign campaign by ID - Action **Edit campaign** Edits an existing campaign in ActiveCampaign - Action **Find account by name** Finds an existing account by name. Returns matching accounts. - Action **Find contact by custom field** Finds an existing contact by the value of a custom field. Provide the custom field's numeric ID and the value to search for. - Action **Find contacts by custom field** Finds contacts by the selected custom field. May return zero, one, or multiple contact IDs. Use the "Get contact" action to fetch a contact's details. - Action **Find deal by title** Finds an existing deal by title. An error occurs if a single exact match is not found. - Action **Find user by email** Finds an existing user by email. An error occurs if a matching user is not found. - Action **Get account** Returns account info for the specified account ID. - Action **Get all deal stages from specified pipeline** Get all deal stages belonging to a pipeline, looked up by pipeline name. Returns each stage's title (Stage name) and id (Stage ID). - Action **Get automation** Fetches an automation by ID. An error occurs if the automation is not found. - Action **Get campaign** Retrieves a single campaign from ActiveCampaign by its ID. - Action **Get contact** Get contact by ID. An error occurs if the contact is not found. - Action **Get contact by email** Returns full contact details for the specified email address. An error occurs if the contact is not found. - Action **Get contact's deals** Returns all deals associated with the specified contact. - Action **Get contact's lists** Returns all lists the specified contact belongs to. - Action **Get contact's tags** Returns all tags associated with the specified contact. - Action **Get deal** Returns deal info for the specified deal ID. - Action **Get form** Retrieve a single ActiveCampaign form by its ID. - Action **Get list** Returns a single contact list by its id, including its name, sender information and subscriber counts. - Action **Get note** Retrieve a single note by its ID. - Action **Get score** Retrieve a single lead/contact scoring rule by its ID. - Action **Get segment** Retrieve a single ActiveCampaign segment by ID. - Action **Get tag** Fetches a tag by ID. An error occurs if the tag is not found. - Action **Get task** Retrieves a task by ID from ActiveCampaign - Action **List all campaigns** List email campaigns. - Action **List all pipelines** List deal pipelines. - Action **List all scores** List the account's lead/contact scoring rules. - Action **List all stages** List deal pipeline stages. - Action **List all tasks** List CRM tasks. - Action **List automations** Returns a paginated list of all automations. - Action **List contacts** Returns a paginated list of all contacts. - Action **List custom contact object records** Returns a paginated list of all records for the specified custom contact object. - Action **List deals** Returns a paginated list of all deals. - Action **List lists** Returns a paginated list of all contact lists. - Action **List tags** Returns a paginated list of all tags. - Action **Move deal to another stage** Move a deal to a different pipeline stage. - Action **Remove contact from automation** Removes a contact from an automation by deleting the contact automation record. - Action **Remove contact from list** Removes a contact from the specified list. - Action **Remove tag from contact** Removes a tag from a contact by the contactTag association ID. - Action **Remove tags from contact** Removes the provided tags (by name, comma-separated) from a contact identified by email or contact ID. - Action **Set automation status** Enables or disables an automation. Set status to '1' to enable or '0' to disable. - Action **Set custom field value for contact** Create or update a contact's custom field value. - Action **Set deal currency custom field value** Set the value for a deal's custom field of the "currency" type - Action **Update account** Updates the specified account. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing contact having the specified ID. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal. - Action **Update tag** Updates an existing tag. - Action **Update task** Updates a task by ID in ActiveCampaign - Trigger **New Bitlink in Group** Triggers when a new Bitlink appears in the group. - Trigger **New Branded Short Domain** Triggers when a new branded short domain is added. - Trigger **New Channel** Triggers when a new channel is created. - Trigger **New Group** Triggers when a new group is created. - Trigger **New Organization** Triggers when a new organization is created. - Trigger **New QR Code in Group** Triggers when a new QR code appears in the group. - Trigger **New Sorted Bitlink in Group** Triggers when a new Bitlink appears in the group's sorted ranking. - Trigger **New Tag in Group** Triggers when a new tag appears in the group. - Action **Add Custom Bitlink** create a custom (branded) Bitlink - Action **Bulk update bitlinks** bulk update Bitlinks in a group - Action **Create an inline CSV export for a group** create an inline CSV export for a group - Action **Create Bitlink** Shortens a long URL into a Bitlink. Optionally set a title and a branded custom domain. - Action **Delete a Bitlink** delete a Bitlink - Action **Expand Bitlink** Returns the long destination URL for a Bitlink ID. - Action **Generate a static QR Code image** generate a static QR code image - Action **Get Group Limit Usage** Returns a Bitly group's current feature limit usage, with the count used for each limit. - Action **Get Plan Limits** Returns all plan limits and their current usage counts for a Bitly organization. - Action **Get Platform Limits** Returns the organization's platform limits and current usage counts per API endpoint. - Action **Get QR Code Image** Fetches a QR code's rendered image by QR code ID. The image is saved to APIANT temporary storage and returned as a file reference, so it can be emailed, uploaded or attached in a later step. An error occurs if the QR code is not found. - Action **Get Top Links and QR Codes by Engagement** Returns a group's top-performing bitlinks and decoupled QR codes ranked by engagement count over a chosen reporting window. - Action **Retrieve Bitlink** Fetches the details of a single Bitlink by its ID. - Action **Retrieve Custom Bitlink** Returns the Bitlink that a custom (branded) short link points to, along with that Bitlink's details — destination URL, title, tags, and created timestamp. An error occurs if the custom Bitlink is not found. - Action **Retrieve Group** Fetches a single Bitly group (workspace) by its GUID, returning the group's name, organization, role, status, and branded short domains. An error occurs if the group is not found. - Action **Retrieve Group Preferences** Fetches the preferences for a single Bitly group (workspace) by its GUID, returning the group's default short domain. An error occurs if the group is not found. - Action **Retrieve Organization** Fetches a single Bitly organization by its GUID, returning the organization's name, subscription tier, role, status, and branded short domains. An error occurs if the organization is not found. - Action **Retrieve QR Code** Returns the details of a single QR code by its ID — title, the Bitlink and destination URLs it encodes, its type, tags, and created/updated timestamps. This returns the QR code's information only, not the scannable image file; use Get QR Code Image for that. An error occurs if the QR code is not found. - Action **Retrieve User** Returns the Bitly user account the connection is authenticated as, including its login, name, email addresses, activity flags and default group. - Action **Shorten a Link** shorten a long URL into a Bitlink - Action **Update a Group** update a group - Action **Update a QR Code** update a QR code - Action **Update a User** update the authenticated user - Action **Update Bitlink** Updates a Bitlink's title, tags, or archived state. - Action **Update Group Preferences** update group preferences ## Each app on its own - [ **ActiveCampaign** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecampaign) - [ **Bitly** Bitly is a link-management platform for shortening, branding, and tracking URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ActiveCampaign - [ **ActiveCampaign to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-hubspot) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-salesforce) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-google-sheets) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-gmail) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-google-drive) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-stripe) ## More into Bitly - [ **Asana to Bitly** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-bitly) - [ **Zoom to Bitly** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoom-to-bitly) - [ **Airbrake to Bitly** Airbrake collects errors generated by other applications, and aggregates the results for review.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airbrake-to-bitly) - [ **Aplos to Bitly** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-bitly) - [ **Beehiiv to Bitly** Beehiiv is a newsletter publishing and audience growth platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-bitly) - [ **BigML to Bitly** BigML is a machine learning platform for building, evaluating, and running predictive models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigml-to-bitly) Questions ## ActiveCampaign and Bitly, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ActiveCampaign? Any of ActiveCampaign's 19 triggers in the catalog, including Deal task completed, New contact, New contact added to list and New deal. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Bitly when something happens in ActiveCampaign? Any of Bitly's 25 actions, including Create an inline CSV export for a group, Create Bitlink, Update a Group and Update a QR Code. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Bitly to ActiveCampaign? Yes. When something happens in Bitly, your agent can act in ActiveCampaign too. This page covers both directions: Bitly's triggers and ActiveCampaign's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCampaign or Bitly? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use ActiveCampaign and Bitly without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.