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NAME
    bitly

FILE
    /home/akraut/Code/bitly/bitly.py

CLASSES
    exceptions.Exception(exceptions.BaseException)
        BitlyAPIError
    
    class BitlyAPIError(exceptions.Exception)
     |  Method resolution order:
     |      BitlyAPIError
     |      exceptions.Exception
     |      exceptions.BaseException
     |      __builtin__.object
     |  
     |  Data descriptors defined here:
     |  
     |  __weakref__
     |      list of weak references to the object (if defined)
     |  
     |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |  Methods inherited from exceptions.Exception:
     |  
     |  __init__(...)
     |      x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature
     |  
     |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |  Data and other attributes inherited from exceptions.Exception:
     |  
     |  __new__ = <built-in method __new__ of type object at 0x8145ea0>
     |      T.__new__(S, ...) -> a new object with type S, a subtype of T
     |  
     |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |  Methods inherited from exceptions.BaseException:
     |  
     |  __delattr__(...)
     |      x.__delattr__('name') <==> del x.name
     |  
     |  __getattribute__(...)
     |      x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name
     |  
     |  __getitem__(...)
     |      x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]
     |  
     |  __getslice__(...)
     |      x.__getslice__(i, j) <==> x[i:j]
     |      
     |      Use of negative indices is not supported.
     |  
     |  __reduce__(...)
     |  
     |  __repr__(...)
     |      x.__repr__() <==> repr(x)
     |  
     |  __setattr__(...)
     |      x.__setattr__('name', value) <==> x.name = value
     |  
     |  __setstate__(...)
     |  
     |  __str__(...)
     |      x.__str__() <==> str(x)
     |  
     |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     |  Data descriptors inherited from exceptions.BaseException:
     |  
     |  __dict__
     |  
     |  args
     |  
     |  message
     |      exception message

FUNCTIONS
    errors(**kwargs)
        Get a list of API error codes.
    
    expand(**kwargs)
        Given a bit.ly url or hash(es), return the long source url(s).
        
        Parameters:
          shortUrl: a single URL to expand
                    ie: expand(shortUrl='http://bit.ly/QJhM')
          hash: one or more URL hashes to expand
                    ie: expand(hash='QJhM,3el7')
    
    info(**kwargs)
        Given a bit.ly url or hash, return information about that page.
        
        Parameters:
          shortUrl: a single URL to get info for
                    ie: expand(shortUrl='http://bit.ly/QJhM')
          hash: one or more URL hashes to get info for
                    ie: expand(hash='QJhM,3el7')
          keys (optional): one or more keys to limit attributes about each document.
                    ie: expand(hash='QJhM', keys='htmlTitle,users')
    
    shorten(longUrl, **kwargs)
        Given a longUrl, returns a shorter one using the optionally provided keyword if possible.
        If the keyword is not available a standard hashed URL will be returned.
        
        Parameters:
          longUrl (required): URL to shorten
                              ie: shorten('http://cnn.com')
          keyword (optional): preferred keyword
                              ie: shorten('http://cnn.com', keyword='cnn')
    
    stats(**kwargs)
        Given a bit.ly url or hash, return traffic and referrer data.
        
        Parameters:
          shortUrl: a single URL to get stats for
                    ie: expand(shortUrl='http://bit.ly/QJhM')
          hash: one or more URL hashes to get stats for
                    ie: expand(hash='QJhM,3el7')

DATA
    API_BASE = 'http://api.bit.ly'
    API_KEY = ''
    API_LOGIN = ''
    API_VERSION = '2.0.1'