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Short links and QR codes that appear on their own, the moment your data needs them. The Post My Link Make integration gives you 11 modules: 9 actions and 2 searches. This guide connects your account and walks you through a first working scenario.

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What you can automate

What can the Post My Link Make integration do for you?

The Post My Link Make integration lets a Make scenario, the automation you build in Make, manage the links and QR codes of your Post My Link account for you. Each step of that scenario is a module: one brick that shortens a link, reads a QR code back or deletes an old one, with no code to write.

A short link for every new page. A marketer adds a campaign URL to a spreadsheet; Shorten a Link turns it into a short link and Create a QR Code produces the code for the printed flyer, without anyone opening Post My Link.

Links that follow your changes. When a landing page moves, Update a Link and Update a QR Code edit the records you already have instead of piling up duplicates.

A clean account. List Links and List QR Codes return what your account holds, and Delete a Link or Delete a QR Code removes what an event has made useless.

One thing to know before you start: Post My Link has no trigger in Make, so it cannot start a scenario by itself. Another app or the scenario's schedule does that job. For anything the listed modules miss, Make an API Call reaches the rest of the API. New to the tool? The Make review sets the scene, and n8n vs Make helps if you are still choosing between the two.

Connect

How do you connect Post My Link to Make?

01
Copy your API key
You need a Post My Link account first; sign up at postmylink.com if you have none. Log in, find your API key and copy it to your clipboard. That key is what lets Make act on your links.
02
Add a Post My Link module
In your Make scenario, add any Post My Link module. Next to the Connection field, click Add. A connection is your Post My Link account linked to Make once, then reused by every module of the app.
03
Name it and save
Type a clear name in Connection name, for example the account or client it belongs to. Paste the key into API Key and click Save. The connection now appears in the module's list.

First scenario

Your first scenario with Post My Link

GoalWhen a new campaign URL arrives from another app, Make shortens it in Post My Link and creates a QR code for it.

01
Create the scenario
Open the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. Pick the app that holds your campaign URLs, such as a spreadsheet or a form, and connect it.
02
Add Shorten a Link
Click the + on the right of that first module, search for Post My Link and choose Shorten a Link. Create the connection with your API key, then map the URL coming from the first module.
03
Add Create a QR Code
Click the + again and add Create a QR Code. Fill the fields Make shows, mapping data from the modules before it, so every new URL gets its own code.
04
Test with Run once
Add a test URL in the first app, then click Run once. Open each module's bubble to read the bundles it received: a bundle is one item passing from a module to the next.
05
Schedule and switch on
On the first module, open Scheduling. A new scenario checks every 15 minutes by default, and the Free plan allows no shorter gap. Switch the scenario on once the test looks right.

Modules

Everything Post My Link can do in Make

Post My Link gives you 11 modules in 3 groups. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Links

5 modules

Post My Link1

Shorten a Link

ActionIn the docs only

Hand this module a long address and you get a short Post My Link link back, ready to drop into an email, a post or a message later in the scenario.

When to use it

a new product page or campaign URL appears in another app and needs a clean link before anyone shares it.

Watch out

place it after the module that supplies the URL, otherwise it has nothing to shorten.

Post My Link2

Update a Link

ActionIn the docs only

This module edits a short link that already exists in your account, so you correct the record you have instead of creating a second link.

When to use it

a landing page moved and the link already printed or shared must keep sending visitors to the right place.

Watch out

it edits one link, so find the right one first with List Links or Get a Link.

Post My Link3

Get a Link

ActionIn the docs only

You get the full record of one short link from your account, as a bundle that the next modules can read and map into a report, a message or a sheet.

When to use it

you already know which link you need and want its details inside the scenario, rather than a whole list to sort through.

Watch out

it targets a single link, so it needs to know which one to fetch.

Post My Link4

List Links

SearchIn the docs only

This search gives you the links stored in your Post My Link account, each one as its own bundle, so the rest of the scenario can review or process them one by one.

When to use it

you want an inventory of your short links in a spreadsheet, or need to find the link to update or remove.

Watch out

a search can return zero, one or many bundles, and every module after it runs once per bundle, which adds operations.

Post My Link5

Delete a Link

ActionIn the docs only

This module clears a short link out of your Post My Link account, so a finished campaign stops cluttering your list and nobody reuses it by mistake.

When to use it

an offer has ended or a page was removed, and the link pointing to it has no reason to stay.

Watch out

treat a deletion as final and run the scenario once on a test link before pointing it at real ones.

QR Codes

5 modules

Post My Link6

Create a QR Code

ActionIn the docs only

A new QR code lands in your Post My Link account, produced by the scenario, so printed material can carry a code without anyone building it by hand.

When to use it

a new event, menu or product sheet is added in another app and needs a code for the poster or the packaging.

Watch out

fill its fields from mapped data, not typed values, or every run creates the same code.

Post My Link7

Update a QR Code

ActionIn the docs only

Change a QR code that already exists in your account instead of creating a new one, which keeps your list tidy and avoids a second code for the same purpose.

When to use it

the page or campaign behind a code changed and you would rather edit the record than replace the printed code.

Watch out

it works on one existing code, so locate it first with List QR Codes.

Post My Link8

Geta a QR Code

ActionIn the docs only

Reading a single QR code back from Post My Link gives the next modules its record as one bundle, ready to be sent, stored or checked. Make shows the module under this exact name.

When to use it

a request names one specific code and the scenario needs its details to answer or file it.

Watch out

despite the odd spelling, it fetches one existing code; to make a new one, pick Create a QR Code.

Post My Link9

List QR Codes

SearchIn the docs only

Every QR code your account holds comes back from this search, one bundle per code, which lets you export them, review them or pick the ones to change.

When to use it

a print run is coming and you want a sheet showing every code before you send files to the printer.

Watch out

each returned code triggers the following modules once, and each of those runs counts as an operation on your plan.

Post My Link10

Delete a QR Code

ActionIn the docs only

Removing a QR code from your account through a scenario keeps your list limited to codes that still matter, without a clean-up session done by hand.

When to use it

an event is over or a product is discontinued and its code should disappear with it.

Watch out

a code may still sit on printed material, so check where it is used before deleting it.

Other

1 module

Post My Link11

Make an API Call

ActionIn the docs only

When the ten ready-made modules stop short of what you need, this one lets the scenario call any endpoint of the Post My Link API with the connection you already set up.

When to use it

a feature you use in Post My Link has no dedicated module in Make.

Watch out

you write the request yourself, so keep the API documentation of Post My Link open next to the editor.

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FAQ

Questions about Post My Link and Make

01Is the Post My Link Make integration free?

Yes, as far as Make is concerned. Post My Link is a standard app, so its modules work from the Free plan onward. That plan comes with limits: 2 active scenarios, at least 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) remove the cap on active scenarios, bring the shortest gap down to 1 minute and count usage in credits, meaning operations, each month. Any cost on the Post My Link side is a separate matter to check with them.

02What do you need to connect Post My Link to Make?

Two things: a Post My Link account, which you can create at postmylink.com, and the API key found once you log in. In Make, add a Post My Link module to your scenario, click Add next to the Connection field, give the connection a name, paste the key in the API Key field and click Save. From then on, every Post My Link module in your scenarios can reuse that same connection, so you only do this once per account.

03Does Post My Link trigger a Make scenario in real time?

No. Post My Link has no trigger module in Make, scheduled or instant, so it cannot start a scenario on its own. The scenario starts in one of two ways instead. Either another app opens it with its own trigger, such as a new row or a new form entry, and the Post My Link modules follow. Or you set a schedule on the first module: a new scenario runs every 15 minutes by default, and paid plans allow a gap as short as 1 minute.

04What if a Post My Link module is missing in Make?

Use Make an API Call. The Post My Link app in Make includes this module, and it can reach any endpoint of the Post My Link API with the connection you already created, so a feature without a dedicated module is still within reach. You write the request yourself, which takes a look at the Post My Link API documentation. The Make documentation gives no numeric limit for this app, so there is no published cap to plan around on that side.

05Should you use Make or n8n for Post My Link?

It depends on what you already use. Many apps also have an n8n node, so check whether Post My Link is one of them before you decide. On the Make side, the picture is clear: 11 modules covering links and QR codes, available from the Free plan, and Make an API Call for everything else. The deciding factors are where your other automations already live and whether the modules you need exist in each tool. The comparison page linked above lays out the differences between the two.

Copy your API key

Add a Post My Link module

Name it and save

Create the scenario

Add Shorten a Link

Add Create a QR Code

Test with Run once

Schedule and switch on

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