Bitly Codes

[Diante Scharsch]

The most useful tool is scan tracking, so we know if the codes are scanned and we are able to check the traffic for our links. For us as a publisher of educational books for children, QR Codes are the bridge that will provide students and teachers with complementary information on learning issues.

So, we scanned the codes using QR Reader, the #1 QR scanning app on the app store, and none of the hits were coming in through bitly. So we decided maybe it had to do with the fact that I made bit.ly links and then made QR codes from those, rather than using bit.ly's built in QR code creator (which we just found). Tried with the new codes, still nothing on bit.ly's site.

I mean, unless I'm crazy, when I hit a bit.ly link, their server goes and looks up what the URL is based on the code and redirects me. How the F! can that process happen without bit.ly recording the event?

I believe the QR Scanner program is performing a HEAD request instead of a GET request to validate the URL scanned. Since a HEAD will return re-direct information and is not (and should not be) counted in "hit" statistics you wouldn't see the hit on the bit.ly statistics.

Merely scanning a QR code containing a URL does not necessarily do anything to the URL. A simple app would do nothing at all. It would show the bit.ly URL to the user and wait for the user to confirm that he/she wants to access the URL. Then of course the browser would access the URL.

Some apps like Barcode Scanner on Android will access known URL redirectors to show the user what's behind the redirect before proceeding. It will issue a HEAD request after just scanning the QR code.

I would not expect any app to issue a GET just on scanning. It's unnecessary to read the redirect. And if the app is sending the user straight to the URL after scanning, that's a bit of a security risk.

We have another client called City Guide based in Europe whose main business used to be providing printed guides. Now they emphasize digital over print, using QR codes as an onramp to offer people something richer and more engaging.

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ive tried so many different App Scripts and tried to query Gen AI and have read and re-read all bitlys QR generation documentation and i guess im just not seeing something but i can't seem to figure out how to

Essentially once a piece of equipment is added to the inventory an employee will be required to scan the Qr Code listed in the equipments detail view and check it out to enforce equipment tracking and accountability .

below is my app script functions. i have it split to accommodate specific steps of the process so it ensures the dependent data is populated before proceeding to the next step. Also i have helper functions not directly called from appsheet but generate dependent constructors used in the functions themselves.

the entire automation on Appsheets triggers, as well as app script returning bitly short link to spreadsheet working great but there is a disconnect when trying to get the actual qr image that populates with the bitly shorlink to upload an image file to drive and return the drive file link back into the associated row.

And all the logging and debugging messages when the automation runs will provide is the following error message:

"Error generating QR code and image: Error fetching QR image"

Is there some requirement that you have to use bitly for the QR code? Plenty of other QR generation options out there that can accomplish this far easier. As in you simply concatenate together a URL to the QR api and store that URL value in an Image column.

[QRUrl]
// this concatenates my ShortURL into the QR request link and is triggered when the ShortURL before value the ShortURL after value and only works with adds.

This is the expression I used

[QR]
// this is the image column used to display the QR in the details view so users can scan the equipment QR to check out the equipment or find info on them. there are also QR stickers on the equipment so techs can just scan with the app and be directed to the detail view in the app.

This is the expression i used:

I'm not sure your full requirements, but perhaps you can simplify it even further. Are you needing the shortened bitly link for something else? If not, the qr api certainly does need it, it can generate a qr code from the full length url. You also don't need the intermediate qr-url column, you can just concatenate it directly in the qr-image column. You definitely don't need any of the [_THISROW].'s that you used, and oftentimes using them when it's not necessary can cause weird issues, so you shouldn't do it. You also probably don't need that encodeurl().

One of the most exciting things about digital marketing is the ability to track your website traffic. This is one of the biggest advantages you have over traditional media. Traditional media often doesn't give you any way to definitively know why people buy from you. With digital marketing, you can use personalized tracking links to know how many website visitors you receive from any specific promotion.

For example, let's say you want to learn which of your current digital marketing campaigns is sending the most traffic to your website or landing page. You can track each campaign separately using tracking links embedded in each campaign. When visitors land on your web page, you'll be able to identify which campaign they came from and where they land.

This tracking is called Urchin Tracking Module tracking or UTM tracking. By placing a UTM link in your campaign ad, you can follow how many visitors come from that link and where they land once inside your website. Using this knowledge, you can fine-tune your campaigns and use the most effective ad copy or email copy to drive more traffic to your most effective landing page. Let's dig into how this process works.

A UTM link is any URL with specific UTM code attached, called UTM parameters. These UTM parameters identify your URL so that you can track each click and where it comes from. You can also track other parameters including medium, campaign, bounce rate, pages viewed per session, and length of time spent on your website (or landing page).

As you can see, the link starts with the website like any normal link, then the UTM code is added on later. In this example the UTM codes are tracking a link from Facebook, a social media site, for a sale campaign.

These A/B tests give you the ability to continuously improve your traffic, conversions, and revenue. You can test ad copy, keywords, images, or videos, any variable that affects the effectiveness of your campaign.For marketing, UTM links provide a plethora of information you can use for both short- and long-term marketing efforts through UTM tracking and even other forms of data tracking.

The UTM parameters will allow you to perform far deeper traffic analysis. Instead of analytics that shows a visitor coming from a specific domain, the UTM link will allow you to see things like the domain, the specific page, the specific ad, or campaign clicked, and other data.

UTM links can also become incredibly important to marketers who use Google Analytics or other digital tools for analytics, optimization, and other marketing testing and fine-tuning. Many digital marketing tools need the extra data that accompanies a UTM link click to do the work of making accurate suggestions and recommendations.

Bitly is a URL link shortener. It shortens long links to make them look more attractive without sacrificing the code in your link. Long links can make visitors apprehensive and less likely to click. Using bitly or other URL shorteners alleviates that apprehension and doesn't add any significant time to accessing the linked page.

In this code snippet, the source is organic traffic. You can list anything you want for the source to help you identify where it's coming from. Source gives you the basic source like Facebook, email, or organic. If you want even more definition like a Facebook group, you will need to create a specific value for the source.

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