Creating a rule for mobile targeting

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The instruction below shows how to create a rule for mobile targeting for the existing URL.

1) Get your API key here: https://app.short.io/settings/integrations/api-key

• Click "Create API key".
• Add a Secret key.

2) Copy an ID of a short link you want to edit.

• Open the statistics of the short link.
• Copy the link ID.

3) Iphone and Android URLs.

To create mobile targeting, you need to specify the URLs for iOS and Android.

4) Install prerequisites for requests.

Python

pip install requests

Node.js

npm install @short.io/client-node

Now everything is ready to run the following snippet. It will create a mobile targeting rule for a short URL.

5) Create a file: filename.py/ .js/ .rb. Use the code snippet below.

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Please, replace LINK_ID, iphoneURL and androidURL with appropriate values.

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.short.io/links/LINK_ID"

import json
payload = json.dumps({"iphoneURL":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-sheets/id842849113","androidURL":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets&hl=en"})
headers = {
    'accept': "application/json",
    'content-type': "application/json",
    'authorization': "<<apiKey>>"
    }

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Node.js

import { setApiKey, updateLink } from "@short.io/client-node";

setApiKey("<<apiKey>>");

const result = await updateLink({
  path: { linkId: "LINK_ID" },
  body: {
    iphoneURL: "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-sheets/id842849113",
    androidURL: "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets&hl=en"
  }
});

console.log(result.data);

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'
require 'json'

url = URI("https://api.short.io/links/LINK_ID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["accept"] = 'application/json'
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = '<<apiKey>>'
request.body = JSON.generate({"iphoneURL":"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-sheets/id842849113","androidURL":"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets&hl=en"})

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

6) Launch the file.

Python

python filename.py

Node.js

node filename.js

Ruby

ruby filename.rb

7) JSON Response (mobile targeting is created).

Once you run the code, you will see the response.

{
  id: 271395886,
  path: 'wdCD40',
  title: null,
  icon: null,
  archived: false,
  originalURL: 'https://codepen.io',
  iphoneURL: 'https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-sheets/id842849113',
  androidURL: 'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs.editors.sheets&hl=en',
  splitURL: null,
  expiresAt: null,
  expiredURL: null,
  redirectType: null,
  cloaking: null,
  source: 'public',
  AutodeletedAt: null,
  createdAt: '2020-04-02T11:40:44.000Z',
  updatedAt: '2020-04-17T14:09:09.032Z',
  DomainId: 9026,
  OwnerId: 9346,
  tags: [],
  secureShortURL: 'https://shortcm.xyz/wdCD40',
  shortURL: 'https://shortcm.xyz/wdCD40'
}