Integrations / URL Shortener
Connect Short Io to WhatsApp: links and folders by chat
Flann is an AI agent your business talks to on WhatsApp. Connect Short Io once, then ask Flann to look things up in it or get work done in it, by text or voice note. Flann already talks to your customers on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Linking Short Io lets it turn what it hears there into lists, segments and campaign drafts. You stay the editor.
40 actions in Short Io. 25 only look things up, and 15 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Short Io
Send any of these on WhatsApp, in your own words. Flann finds the right Short Io action and fills in the details from the conversation.
“Look up the folder in Short Io.”
“Look up the links list in Short Io.”
“Show me my domains in Short Io.”
“Create a folder in Short Io.”
“Create links in Short Io.”
“Add a tag in Short Io.”
What Flann can work with in Short Io
Short Io gives Flann 40 actions across 14 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Links | archivecreatedeleteduplicatelook upupdate | 14 |
| Folders | createlook up | 3 |
| Domains | look up | 2 |
| Domain link clicks | look uppost | 2 |
| Domain statistics | look up | 2 |
| Link regions | look up | 2 |
| QR codes | generate | 2 |
There are three ways to get links work done in Short Io. Side by side:
| Compare | In Short Io yourselfYou click through each job | A rules toolRuns the steps you wired up | Flann on Short IoYou ask, Flann does the clicking |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asking for something | Open the app and find the right page | Only what was wired up in advance | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers about links | Filters and searches you run yourself | Only the look-ups someone built | 25 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | Run unchecked once built | 15 changes, made from a message |
| Short Io records | All of them, one screen at a time | Only the ones you wire up | 14 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Someone builds and maintains each flow | Your Short Io API key, once |
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Step by step: Short Io jobs you can hand to Flann
Each step below names the Short Io action Flann actually runs.
Create a link from a voice note
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Create a link in Short Io with these details.”
- Flann runs
Get Link by Original URLin Short Io and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Create Short Linkin Short Io. - Flann creates it in Short Io and confirms in the chat.
Get answers about your folders
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our folders in Short Io?”
- Flann runs
List FoldersandGet Folderin Short Io and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Short Io is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your domains from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our domains in Short Io stand.”
- Flann runs
List DomainsandGet Domain Details by IDin Short Io and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Short Io is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Repetitive Short Io work Flann takes off your plate
These are the jobs that come back every day or every week. Message Flann instead, and keep the decisions for yourself.
One offer, several languages
Today
Your customers read in more than one language, but the campaign in Short Io goes out in one. Translating it properly means another tool, another copy and another check.
With Flann
“Translate the Ramadan offer email in Short Io into Arabic and French.”
Writing each version as a native speaker would, Flann keeps your offer, links and layout intact and prepares a separate draft in Short Io for each language list. Different language, same promise.
What you stop doing: Customers who read in another language finally get the same offer.
Reusing the post that worked
Today
When a post or email does well, you mean to reuse it. Finding it again in Short Io and reworking it for another channel keeps slipping down the list.
With Flann
“What was our best post last month in Short Io? Turn it into an email.”
Looking through last month’s results in Short Io, Flann finds the strongest post and explains, in a sentence, why it probably landed. Then it reworks the idea as an email draft.
What you stop doing: Good ideas get a second life instead of a single outing.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to Short Io
- Open Connectors in Flann and choose Short Io.
- Paste your Short Io API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Short Io account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Short Io whenever a request needs it.
Look-ups run as soon as you ask and change nothing in Short Io. You can disconnect Short Io from Connectors at any time.
Ways to use Short Io with Flann
Write in your voice
Keep lists clean
Tell Flann a customer asked to stop hearing from you. It prepares the change in Short Io so they are not contacted again.
Launch from your phone
Describe the offer in a message. Flann drafts the campaign in Short Io and shows it to you before anything is scheduled.
Everything Flann can do in Short Io
The full list of Short Io actions available to Flann once you connect it.
Looks up 25
- Generate QR Code for Link
- Generate QR Codes in Bulk
- Get Domain Details by ID
- Get Domain Link Clicks
- Get Domain Paths
- Get Domain Statistics
- Get Domain Statistics by Interval
- Get Domain Top Values
- Get Folder
- Get Link by Original URL
- Get Link Info by Link ID
- Get Link Info by Path
- Get Link OpenGraph Properties
- Get Link Permissions
- Get Link Regions
- Get Link Regions by Country
- Get Link Statistics
- Get Links by Original URL
- Get Links List
- List Domains
- List Folders
- Post Domains Last Clicks
- Get Bundle Templates
- Get Link Countries
- Post Domain Link Clicks
Changes 15
- Archive Links in Bulk
- Create Links in Bulk
- Create Short Link
- Delete Link
- Get Link (Tweetbot)
- Unarchive Links in Bulk
- Update Link
- Add Tag to Links in Bulk
- Archive Link
- Create Folder
- Delete Link Permission
- Delete Links in Bulk
- Duplicate Link
- Unarchive Link
- Update Domain Settings
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MailchimpCommon questions
What can Flann do with links in Short Io?
Flann can archive, create, delete, duplicate and look up links in Short Io, using 14 actions (Archive Link, Create Short Link, Delete Link, Delete Links in Bulk and more). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change links in Short Io.
What can Flann do with folders in Short Io?
Flann can create and look up folders in Short Io, using 3 actions (Create Folder, Get Folder, List Folders). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change folders in Short Io.
How does Flann connect to Short Io?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Short Io and paste your Short Io API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Short Io account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 40 actions in Short Io.
Can I use Short Io from WhatsApp?
Yes. You talk to Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and Flann works in Short Io for you. You do not need to open Short Io.
Does connecting Short Io cost extra?
No. Short Io is included in every Flann plan, along with every other app Flann connects to.