Integrations / URL Shortener
Connect Shorten.REST to WhatsApp with an AI agent
Flann connects Shorten.REST to the WhatsApp chat you already run your business from. You ask, and Flann picks the right Shorten.REST action. Whether Shorten.REST handles your emails, your social posts, your ads or your links, connecting it to Flann puts it one message away. Checking results is instant.
6 actions in Shorten.REST. 3 only look things up, and 3 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in Shorten.REST
Type it or say it in a voice note. Flann works out which Shorten.REST action you mean.
“Show me my aliases in Shorten.REST.”
“Create alias in Shorten.REST.”
What Flann can work with in Shorten.REST
Shorten.REST gives Flann 6 actions across 3 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Alias | createdeleteupdate | 3 |
| Aliases | look up | 2 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in Shorten.REST:
| Compare | Opening Shorten.RESTLog in, find it, do it | Shorten.REST through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Open the app and find the right page | A WhatsApp message, typed or spoken |
| Finding answers | Filters and searches you run yourself | 3 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Making changes | Typed in by hand | 3 changes, made from a message |
| Shorten.REST records | All of them, one screen at a time | 3 kinds, from one chat |
| Getting connected | Nothing new to set up | Your Shorten.REST API key, once |
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Step by step: Shorten.REST jobs you can hand to Flann
What happens between your message and the result in Shorten.REST.
Get answers about your aliases
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our aliases in Shorten.REST?”
- Flann runs
List aliases by domainandGet Aliasesin Shorten.REST and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Shorten.REST is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your clicks from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our clicks in Shorten.REST stand.”
- Flann runs
Get click data for aliasesin Shorten.REST and shows you what it found. - Nothing in Shorten.REST is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
The Shorten.REST jobs you can stop doing yourself
You stay in charge of what goes out. Flann does the reading, the drafting and the chasing.
Pruning bounces and sleepers
Today
Bounced addresses and subscribers who have not opened anything in months sit in Shorten.REST, dragging down your sender reputation. Cleaning them means exporting, filtering and importing again.
With Flann
“Find hard bounces and anyone in Shorten.REST who has not opened since spring.”
Searching Shorten.REST, Flann separates hard bounces from subscribers who have simply gone quiet. For the quiet ones it can draft a last-chance email that asks whether they still want to hear from you.
What you stop doing: List hygiene no longer means a spreadsheet export.
Reusing the post that worked
Today
When a post or email does well, you mean to reuse it. Finding it again in Shorten.REST and reworking it for another channel keeps slipping down the list.
With Flann
“What was our best post last month in Shorten.REST? Turn it into an email.”
Looking through last month’s results in Shorten.REST, 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 Shorten.REST
- Search for Shorten.REST in Flann’s Connectors.
- Paste your Shorten.REST API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your Shorten.REST account settings.
- From then on, message Flann on WhatsApp. It works in Shorten.REST whenever a request needs it.
Reading from Shorten.REST is instant. Shorten.REST stays connected until you remove it in Connectors.
Ways to use Shorten.REST with Flann
Grow the audience you already have
Ask Flann to add this month’s new customers to a list in Shorten.REST.
Check what worked
Ask how last week’s campaign did. Flann pulls the results from Shorten.REST and tells you what to change next time.
Write in your voice
Everything Flann can do in Shorten.REST
All 6 Shorten.REST actions, as Flann sees them.
Looks up 3
- Get Aliases
- Get click data for aliases
- List aliases by domain
Changes 3
- Create Alias
- Update Alias
- Delete Alias
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What can Flann do with alias in Shorten.REST?
Flann can create, delete and update alias in Shorten.REST, using 3 actions (Create Alias, Delete Alias, Update Alias). Each one changes something in Shorten.REST.
What can Flann do with aliases in Shorten.REST?
Flann can look up aliases in Shorten.REST, using 2 actions (Get Aliases, List aliases by domain). All of them only look things up, so they run straight away.
How does Flann connect to Shorten.REST?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose Shorten.REST and paste your Shorten.REST API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your Shorten.REST account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 6 actions in Shorten.REST.
How do I ask Flann to do something in Shorten.REST?
Message Flann on WhatsApp the way you would message a colleague, or send a voice note. Flann picks the Shorten.REST action that fits and asks if anything is missing.
Is Shorten.REST included in my Flann plan?
Yes. Every Flann plan includes every app, Shorten.REST included.