--- title: "Connect Bitly and Files.com - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bitlink in Group\" fires in Bitly, your agent runs \"Create Group\" in Files.com." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-files-com" --- # Connect Bitly and Files.com When **New Bitlink in Group** fires in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), your agent runs **Create Group** in [Files.com](https://apiant.ai/connections/files-com), or **Automation Run Completed** in Files.com to **Update a User** in Bitly. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Bitly **8** triggers Bitly **25** actions Files.com **7** triggers Files.com **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Bitly and Files.com to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Bitly and Files.com can do together ### From Bitly to Files.com - When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Create Group** in Files.com - When **New Branded Short Domain** in Bitly then **Add User to Group** in Files.com ### From Files.com to Bitly - When **Automation Run Completed** in Files.com then **Update a User** in Bitly - When **Group Created** in Files.com then **Update a Group** in Bitly 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 Bitly and Files.com ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers ยท 41 actions - 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 - Trigger **Automation Run Completed** Triggered when a run of the selected Files.com automation finishes, whether it succeeded, failed or was canceled. Each run is reported once, after it completes. - Trigger **File Deleted** Triggered when a file or folder is deleted in Files.com. Reports the path that was deleted and who deleted it. - Trigger **Group Created** Triggered when a new group is created in Files.com. Reports the group's name, members and login permissions. - Trigger **New File or Folder Created** Triggered when a file or folder is created in Files.com, whether uploaded, copied or created by an automation. Reports the new path and who created it. - Trigger **New File Uploaded** Triggered when a new file appears in the folder you choose. Reports the file's path, name, size and last-modified time. - Trigger **Share Link Created** Triggered when a new share link is created in Files.com. Reports the link's public address, what it shares and when it expires. - Trigger **User Created** Triggered when a new user is created in Files.com. Reports the user's name, username, email and login permissions. - Action **Add User to Group** Adds an existing Files.com user to a group, optionally as a group administrator. Returns the new group membership, including the group name and the user's username. - Action **Copy File** Copies a file or folder in Files.com to a new path, leaving the original in place. Returns the copy status, plus a migration ID when a large copy continues in the background. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a folder at the given path in Files.com, optionally creating any missing parent folders. Returns the new folder's path, name and creation details. - Action **Create Group** Creates a group in Files.com, optionally with its starting members, group administrators and login-protocol permissions. Returns the new group including its ID. - Action **Create Share Link** Creates a public share link for one or more files or folders in Files.com, optionally password-protected, expiring or use-limited. Returns the link's public address. - Action **Delete File** Deletes a file or folder from Files.com at the given path. Deleting a folder that still has contents requires the recursive option. - Action **Delete Folder** Deletes a folder from Files.com at the given path. Use the recursive option to delete a folder that still has files or subfolders in it. - Action **Delete Group** Deletes a group from Files.com by its ID. The group's members keep their own accounts; only the group is removed. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from Files.com by their ID, removing their access to the site. - Action **Download File** Gets a temporary download address for a file in Files.com, along with the file's name, size and checksums. Pass the download address to a later step to fetch or attach the file. - Action **List Folder Contents** Lists the files and folders inside a Files.com folder, with each item's path, name, type, size and last-modified time. - Action **Move File** Moves or renames a file or folder in Files.com to a new path. The original path no longer exists afterwards. - Action **Remove User from Group** Removes a user from a Files.com group. Looks up the membership for the group and user you name, then removes it. - Action **Run Automation** Starts a run of the Files.com automation you choose, the same as pressing Run in Files.com. The run continues in the background. - Action **Update User** Updates a Files.com user's details, login permissions and access settings. Fields you leave blank keep their current values. - Action **Upload File** Uploads a file into Files.com at the path you choose, fetching the bytes from the file's web address. Returns the stored file's path, name and size. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bitly** Bitly is a link-management platform for shortening, branding, and tracking URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly) - [ **Files.com** Files.com is Smart Cloud Storage for modern teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/files-com) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bitly - [ **Bitly to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-hubspot) - [ **Bitly to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-salesforce) - [ **Bitly to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-mailchimp) - [ **Bitly to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-stripe) - [ **Bitly to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-shopify) - [ **Bitly to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting โ€” manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into Files.com - [ **ActiveCampaign to Files.com** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-files-com) - [ **Airtable to Files.com** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-files-com) - [ **Asana to Files.com** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-files-com) - [ **ClickUp to Files.com** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-files-com) - [ **Discord to Files.com** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-files-com) - [ **Brevo to Files.com** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-files-com) Questions ## Bitly and Files.com, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Bitly? Any of Bitly's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New Bitlink in Group, New Branded Short Domain, New Channel and New Group. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Files.com when something happens in Bitly? Any of Files.com's 16 actions, including Create Folder, Create Group, Create Share Link and Update User. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Files.com to Bitly? Yes. When something happens in Files.com, your agent can act in Bitly too. This page covers both directions: Files.com's triggers and Bitly's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bitly or Files.com? 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 Bitly and Files.com 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.