Connect Bitly
You need Access token. About two minutes.
1Get your Access token
Access token
Paste the Bitly token- Click Settings in the left sidebar.
- Under Developer settings, click API.
- Enter your Bitly password and click Generate token.
- Click Copy to copy the token.
Bitly, Settings, API, Generic Access Token.
Open the pagehttps://app.bitly.com/settings/api/
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Bitly.
- Paste the Access token into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Bitly. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- finds the organization and its plan
- Calls
- https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/organizations
- Refreshes
- At most every 15 minutes
- API docs
- Bitly reference, checked 2026-09-18
Links created is the headline. Bitly meters custom links, QR codes and tracked clicks separately, and those are shown beside it.