--- title: "Connect Bitly and Stripe - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bitlink in Group\" fires in Bitly, your agent runs \"Create Customer\" in Stripe, or \"New Invoice\" in Stripe to \"Update a User\" in Bitly." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-stripe" --- # Connect Bitly and Stripe When **New Bitlink in Group** fires in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), your agent runs **Create Customer** in [Stripe](https://apiant.ai/connections/stripe), or **New Invoice** in Stripe 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 Stripe **11** triggers Stripe **21** 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 Stripe 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. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Bitly and Stripe together let you turn payment activity into trackable links and QR codes without anyone pasting URLs by hand. New products, invoices and subscriptions in Stripe can produce Bitlinks or branded short links in Bitly, and new Bitlinks, QR codes or groups in Bitly can create matching products and customers in Stripe. Example flows ## What Bitly and Stripe can do together ### From Bitly to Stripe - When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Create Customer** in Stripe - When **New Group** in Bitly then **Create Payment Intent** in Stripe ### From Stripe to Bitly - When **New Invoice** in Stripe then **Update a User** in Bitly - When **New Product** in Stripe then **Add Custom Bitlink** 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 Stripe ## Triggers and actions 19 triggers ยท 46 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 **New Charge** Triggers when a new charge is created. - Trigger **New Charge (instant)** Fires instantly when a charge succeeds in Stripe, via a self-registered webhook (charge.succeeded). The platform registers/deletes the Stripe webhook endpoint automatically at automation activation/deactivation. Payload binds as {{ trigger.body.* }}. - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created. - Trigger **New Event** Triggers when a new Stripe event is created (covers all event types via the Events API). - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New paid and available charge** Triggered when a new paid and available charge is created. - Trigger **New paid charge** Triggered when a new paid charge is created. - Trigger **New plan** Triggered when a new plan is created. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created. - Trigger **New Refund** Triggers when a new refund is created. - Trigger **New Subscription** Triggers when a new subscription is created. - Action **Cancel Subscription** Cancels a subscription by its ID. - Action **Create Charge** Creates a charge. Amount is in the smallest currency unit (e.g. cents). - Action **Create charges (bulk charge creation)** Creates a charge in Stripe. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer in Stripe. - Action **Create Payment Intent** Creates a PaymentIntent (the modern Stripe payment flow). Amount is in the smallest currency unit. - Action **Create Price** Creates a price for a product. unit_amount is in the smallest currency unit. - Action **Create Product** Creates a product (a good or service) in Stripe. - Action **Create Refund** Refunds a charge or payment intent. Provide charge or payment_intent; amount optional for partial refund. - Action **Create refund by charge id (distinct from Create Refund)** Creates a refund for a specific charge id. - Action **Create Subscription** Creates a subscription for a customer to one or more prices. - Action **Delete Customer** Permanently deletes a customer by ID. - Action **Find Customer by Email** Searches for customers matching an email address. - Action **Get Charge** Retrieves a charge by its ID. - Action **Get charge details (distinct from Get Charge)** Retrieves a charge's details by its charge id. - Action **Get Customer** Retrieves a customer by their Stripe ID. - Action **Get Invoice** Retrieves an invoice by its ID. - Action **Get Refund** Retrieves a refund by its ID. - Action **Get Subscription** Retrieves a subscription by its ID. - Action **Get transaction details** Retrieves a transaction's details by its transaction id. - Action **List balance transactions** List balance transactions (txn_xxx) for the account, most recent first. - Action **Update Customer** Updates an existing customer by ID. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bitly** Bitly is a link-management platform for shortening, branding, and tracking URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly) - [ **Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connections/stripe) 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 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) - [ **Bitly to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-pipedrive) ## More into Stripe - [ **HubSpot to Stripe** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-stripe) - [ **Salesforce to Stripe** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-stripe) - [ **Google Sheets to Stripe** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-stripe) - [ **Google Calendar to Stripe** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-stripe) - [ **Google Drive to Stripe** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-stripe) - [ **Mailchimp to Stripe** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-stripe) Questions ## Bitly and Stripe, answered ### ### Can the branded short domain from our Bitly workspace be used on links made from Stripe activity? Yes. The agent can read your Bitly group preferences to get the default short domain, then create the Bitlink or a custom branded Bitlink on that domain. It tests every scenario before the setup goes live. ### ### Which Stripe events can start a Bitly link or QR code? You can start from a new charge, a new paid charge, a new customer, a new invoice, a new product, a new plan, a new subscription or a new refund in Stripe. From there the agent can shorten a link, add a custom Bitlink, generate a static QR code image or update an existing Bitlink. ### ### What can start an automation from Bitly? Any of Bitly's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New Bitlink in Group, New Group, New Branded Short Domain and New Channel. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Stripe when something happens in Bitly? Any of Stripe's 21 actions, including Create Customer, Create Product, Create Charge and Create charges (bulk charge creation). Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Stripe to Bitly? Yes. When something happens in Stripe, your agent can act in Bitly too. This page covers both directions: Stripe's triggers and Bitly's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bitly or Stripe? 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 Stripe 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.