Shorten URL with Bit.ly (with auto copy/paste)

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Description	This Macro will copy the selected text, generate a shortened link using the Bit.ly API, and then paste it. Note: You need to sign up for Bit.ly and generate an access token. Set the access token on line 11 in this script.
Language	C# (.Net)
Minimum Version	5.8.5+
Created By	Keith Lammers (BFS)
Contributors	PabloMartinez
Date Created	Nov 23, 2020
Date Last Modified	Nov 23, 2020

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using System; using System.IO; using System.Net; using System.Text; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; using System.Threading.Tasks; public static class ClipboardFusionHelper { // Paste your access token here. You can get it here https://bitly.is/accesstoken private static readonly string bitlyToken = ""; public static string ProcessText(string text) { text = BFS.Clipboard.CopyText(); if (CheckURLValid(text)) { var shortenUrl = Shorten(text).Result; return shortenUrl; } else BFS.Dialog.ShowMessageInfo("It's not a url, or url not valid"); return null; } public static bool CheckURLValid(string url) { Uri uriResult; return Uri.TryCreate(url, UriKind.Absolute, out uriResult) && (uriResult.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttp || uriResult.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttps); } public static async Task<string> Shorten(string url) { var post = "{\"long_url\": \"" + url + "\"}"; var request = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create("https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/shorten"); try { request.Method = "POST"; request.ContentType = "application/json"; request.Headers.Add("Cache-Control", "no-cache"); request.Host = "api-ssl.bitly.com"; request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer " + bitlyToken); using (var requestStream = request.GetRequestStream()) { var postBuffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(post); requestStream.Write(postBuffer, 0, postBuffer.Length); } var response = await request.GetResponseAsync(); using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream()) { var responseReader = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.UTF8); var json = responseReader.ReadToEnd(); var shortenUrl = Regex.Match(json, @"""link"": ?""(?<link>[^,;]+)""").Groups["link"].Value; BFS.Clipboard.PasteText(shortenUrl); return shortenUrl; } } catch (WebException ex) { throw; } } }