Package discontinued because Bitly lowered the free quota
False positive
Advisories for Pypi/Bitlyshortener package
2022
Invalid URL generation in bitlyshortener
Due to a sudden upstream breaking change by Bitly, versions of bitlyshortener <0.6.0 generate invalid short URLs. All users are affected and must update immediately.
2020
Update bitlyshortener to >=0.5.0 to prevent generating some invalid short URLs
Impact Due to a sudden upstream breaking change by Bitly, versions of bitlyshortener can generate an invalid short URL when a vanity domain exists. Patches Upgrading bitlyshortener to or newer will prevent the generation of any such invalid short URLs. References Release notes