I am using jQuery for the first time for my new job. I'm currently working on building a Twitter integration where I call the Bit.ly API and shorten a URL. Here is my code (that literally was working a few days ago):

2. jQuery.ajax({
3. url: "http://api.bit.ly/v3/shorten",
4. data: 
5. {
6. longUrl: url,
7. login: "removed",
8. apiKey: "removed",
9. format: "json"
10. },
11. async: false,
12. dataType: "json",
13. success: function (data)
14. {
15. if (data.status_code != 200)
16. {
17. alert ('There was an error, please retry construction of the tweet.');
18. }
19. else 
20. {
21. shortened_url = data.data.url;
22. }
23. }
24. });

Using Firefox with Firebug, I get a 200 OK for the request, but it gives me the error of:

1. data is null.

Anyone have any idea WHY this wouldn't be working and how to fix this? I need a helpful nudge ASAP if possible.