How to reduce links in my Automation SMS ?

SMS have a character limit that is 160 characters. When sending SMS above this limit it will be counted as 2 SMS.

Sometimes we put link into our SMS. Links are often big so it could be interesting to use a URL shortener to reduce the lenght. 

To do so there is an option available in Webmecanik Automation.

• Go to the settings

• Stay in the "System settings" tab and scroll down to the "Miscellaneous Settings" section.
• In this section there a field named "URL shortener"

To use this, you need to have a bit.ly account.

The full URL (including access key) to your url shortener that, when queried, returns a plain text shortened url. For bit.ly users, use `https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v3/shorten?access_token=[ACCESS_TOKEN]&format=txt&longUrl=`replacing [ACCESS_TOKEN] with your bit.ly access token.