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LinkedIn

LinkedIn API for publishing member posts and reading profile information

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Capabilities (2)

Get Authenticated Member

Get the authenticated member's OpenID profile. The `sub` claim is the member id; the author URN for create_post is "urn:li:person:{sub}".

get_me() -> {sub, name, email, picture}
Required scopes:
openid profile

Create Member Post

Publish a text post (optionally with an article link) on behalf of the authenticated member using the UGC Posts API. The author URN comes from get_me ("urn:li:person:{sub}").

create_post(author, text, visibility?) -> {id}
Required scopes:
w_member_social

Links

Authentication

  • Oauth2_authorization_code (Primary)