Retrieve a link

Retrieve the info for a link.

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get/links/info

Request example

from dub import Dub


with Dub(
    token="DUB_API_KEY",
) as d_client:

    res = d_client.links.get(request={
        "link_id": "clux0rgak00011...",
        "external_id": "123456",
    })

    # Handle response
    print(res)

Response

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "domain": "<string>",
  "key": "<string>",
  "url": "<string>",
  "trackConversion": false,
  "externalId": "<string>",
  "tenantId": "<string>",
  "programId": "<string>",
  "partnerId": "<string>",
  "archived": false,
  "expiresAt": "<string>",
  "expiredUrl": "<string>",
  "disabledAt": "<string>",
  "password": "<string>",
  "proxy": false,
  "title": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "image": "<string>",
  "video": "<string>",
  "rewrite": false,
  "doIndex": false,
  "ios": "<string>",
  "android": "<string>",
  "geo": {},
  "publicStats": false,
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "name": "<string>",
      "color": "red"
    }
  ],
  "folderId": "<string>",
  "comments": "<string>",
  "shortLink": "<string>",
  "qrCode": "<string>",
  "utm_source": "<string>",
  "utm_medium": "<string>",
  "utm_campaign": "<string>",
  "utm_term": "<string>",
  "utm_content": "<string>",
  "testVariants": [
    {
      "url": "https://example.com/variant-1",
      "percentage": 50
    },
    {
      "url": "https://example.com/variant-2",
      "percentage": 50
    }
  ],
  "testStartedAt": "<string>",
  "testCompletedAt": "<string>",
  "userId": "<string>",
  "workspaceId": "<string>",
  "clicks": 0,
  "leads": 0,
  "conversions": 0,
  "sales": 0,
  "saleAmount": 0,
  "lastClicked": "<string>",
  "createdAt": "<string>",
  "updatedAt": "<string>",
  "tagId": "<string>",
  "projectId": "<string>",
  "webhookIds": [
    "<string>"
  ]
}

get/links/info

You can retrieve a link by providing one of the following as a query parameter:

domain and key.
linkId.
externalId.

Authorization

Authorizationstringheaderrequired#

Default authentication mechanism

Query parameters

domainstring#

The domain of the link to retrieve. E.g. for d.to/github, the domain is d.to.

Length: min 1

keystring#

The key of the link to retrieve. E.g. for d.to/github, the key is github.

Length: min 1

linkIdstring#

The unique ID of the short link.

externalIdstring#

This is the ID of the link in the your database.

Responses

application/json

The retrieved link

idstringrequired#

The unique ID of the short link.

domainstringrequired#

The domain of the short link. If not provided, the primary domain for the workspace will be used (or dub.sh if the workspace has no domains).

keystringrequired#

The short link slug. If not provided, a random 7-character slug will be generated.

urlstringrequired#

The destination URL of the short link.

trackConversionbooleanrequired#

Whether to track conversions for the short link.

Default: false

externalIdstringrequired#

The ID of the link in your database. If set, it can be used to identify the link in future API requests (must be prefixed with 'ext_' when passed as a query parameter). This key is unique across your workspace.

tenantIdstringrequired#

The ID of the tenant that created the link inside your system. If set, it can be used to fetch all links for a tenant.

programIdstringrequired#

The ID of the program the short link is associated with.

partnerIdstringrequired#

The ID of the partner the short link is associated with.

archivedbooleanrequired#

Whether the short link is archived.

Default: false

expiresAtstringrequired#

The date and time when the short link will expire in ISO-8601 format.

expiredUrlstringrequired#

The URL to redirect to when the short link has expired.

disabledAtstringrequired#

The date and time when the short link was disabled. When a short link is disabled, it will redirect to its domain's not found URL, and its stats will be excluded from your overall stats.

passwordstringrequired#

The password required to access the destination URL of the short link.

proxybooleanrequired#

Whether the short link uses Custom Link Previews feature.

Default: false

titlestringrequired#

The title of the short link. Will be used for Custom Link Previews if proxy is true.

descriptionstringrequired#

The description of the short link. Will be used for Custom Link Previews if proxy is true.

imagestringrequired#

The image of the short link. Will be used for Custom Link Previews if proxy is true.

videostringrequired#

The custom link preview video (og:video). Will be used for Custom Link Previews if proxy is true. Learn more: https://d.to/og

rewritebooleanrequired#

Whether the short link uses link cloaking.

Default: false

doIndexbooleanrequired#

Whether to allow search engines to index the short link.

Default: false

iosstringrequired#

The iOS destination URL for the short link for iOS device targeting.

androidstringrequired#

The Android destination URL for the short link for Android device targeting.

geoobjectrequired#

Geo targeting information for the short link in JSON format {[COUNTRY]: https://example.com }. See https://d.to/geo for more information.

Show child attributes

{key}string#

publicStatsbooleanrequired#

Whether the short link's stats are publicly accessible.

Default: false

tagsobject[]required#

The tags assigned to the short link.

Show child attributes

idstringrequired#

The unique ID of the tag.

namestringrequired#

The name of the tag.

colorenum<string>required#

The color of the tag.

Options:redyellowgreenbluepurplebrowngraypink

folderIdstringrequired#

The unique ID of the folder assigned to the short link.

commentsstringrequired#

The comments for the short link.

shortLinkstringrequired#

The full URL of the short link, including the https protocol (e.g. https://dub.sh/try).

qrCodestringrequired#

The full URL of the QR code for the short link (e.g. https://api.dub.co/qr?url=https://dub.sh/try).

utm_sourcestringrequired#

The UTM source of the short link.

utm_mediumstringrequired#

The UTM medium of the short link.

utm_campaignstringrequired#

The UTM campaign of the short link.

utm_termstringrequired#

The UTM term of the short link.

utm_contentstringrequired#

The UTM content of the short link.

testVariantsobject[]#

An array of A/B test URLs and the percentage of traffic to send to each URL.

Items: 2–4

Show child attributes

urlstringrequired#

percentagenumberrequired#

Range: 10–90

testStartedAtstring#

The date and time when the tests started.

testCompletedAtstring#

The date and time when the tests were or will be completed.

userIdstringrequired#

The user ID of the creator of the short link.

workspaceIdstringrequired#

The workspace ID of the short link.

clicksnumberrequired#

The number of clicks on the short link.

Default: 0

leadsnumberrequired#

The number of leads the short link has generated.

Default: 0

conversionsnumberrequired#

The number of leads that converted to paying customers.

Default: 0

salesnumberrequired#

The total number of sales (includes recurring sales) generated by the short link.

Default: 0

saleAmountnumberrequired#

The total dollar value of sales (in cents) generated by the short link.

Default: 0

lastClickedstringrequired#

The date and time when the short link was last clicked.

createdAtstringrequired#

The date and time when the short link was created.

updatedAtstringrequired#

The date and time when the short link was last updated.

tagIdstringrequireddeprecated#

Deprecated: Use tags instead. The unique ID of the tag assigned to the short link.

projectIdstringrequireddeprecated#

Deprecated: Use workspaceId instead. The project ID of the short link.

webhookIdsstring[]requireddeprecated#

Deprecated: You can now enable link.clicked webhooks for all links in a workspace or folder without passing this field manually. An array of webhook IDs to trigger when the link is clicked. These webhooks will receive click event data.

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