Get a LinkedIn user properties

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Hi, I have a requirement to fetch LinkedIn user profile data in online SharePoint site.On my search found that I have to get Access token for authentication.I tried a lot but I unable to get output through url.pls refer any required sites to sort out.

Nanddeep Nachan · Answer

Unfortunately Group APIs are not yet avaiable from LinkedIn. This means you will no longer be able to access content from, or share content to, a LinkedIn Group through external platforms. https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/81635/groups-api-no-longer-available?lang=en

Gowtham · Answer

Hi nanddeep It is possible to get newsfeed activity who are posted on my LinkedIn account.

Gowtham · Answer

Hi nanddeep, Thank you so much for your instant support.

Gowtham · Answer

Hi nanddeep, It worked fine I copied the url from request url section like https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~?oauth2_access_token="****"& &format=json and pasted on browser it fetches properly.I have another problem it is possible to fetch member's of the linkedin and also there post's like above scenario.

Nanddeep Nachan · Answer

Try testing your code at https://apigee.com/console/ Make below selections: API = LinkedIn Authentication = OAuth2

Gowtham · Answer

Hi nanddeep, I was already working on that and got token access but I am getting error. like { "errorCode": 0, "message": "Invalid access token.", "requestId": "SDM467DCEQ", "status": 401, "timestamp": 1519901398713 }

Nanddeep Nachan · Answer

LinkedIn provides the developer API - https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/rest-api This should help you to get the required properties

Gowtham · Answer

Hi Nanddeep Nachan, Thanks for your support, I am working with the custom webpart on my sharepoint site. I have to append linked in datas to my pre-design html.Vediosurl contains the addition of apps feed to my site dynamically.I can't make customization through this.

Nanddeep Nachan · Answer

Office 365 profile cards are now redesigned to support integration with LinkedIn

Nanddeep Nachan · Answer

Video here discusses on Office 365 integration with LinkedIn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VL8GsrSojk New LinkedIn integrations in Office 365, bring you rich, contextual insights and intelligent services that harness the knowledge and the power of your professional network

Gowtham · Answer

I had generated client id and secret id through apps on LinkedIn api developer.Reference https://auth0.com/docs/connections/social/linkedin. But I haven't get any idea to fetch.

Gowtham · Answer

Hi sir, I have a company url, through that url i need to fetch a data like post feed by my company members.

Prakash Chasiya · Answer

Hi Gowtham; How many urls, do you have of linkedin users? If you want data than you might need to extract it. There are many data extraction tools available in market for extracting data from linkedin. If you need more help than please do let me know. Thanks Prakash

Gowtham · Answer

Hi nanddeep, I had worked on activity feed for this api https://api.linkedin.com/v2/activityFeeds?q=networkShares&count=2& oauth2_access_token="******" &format=json it shows error {"serviceErrorCode":100,"message":"Not enough permissions to access /activityFeeds FINDER networkShares","status":403} For other api's, https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~/network/updates?oauth2_access_token="***"&format=json it shows access denied. {"errorCode": 0, "message": "Access to network denied", "requestId": "F6Z42XRILI", "status": 403, "timestamp": 1519997140233 } but the basic api working without error. https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~?oauth2_access_token="****"&format=json { "firstName": "Gowtham", "lastName": "Naren" } I was missing something for those errored api's.Pls let me know the required steps to clear those api's

Nanddeep Nachan · Answer

Newsfeed activity can be retrieved using https://api.linkedin.com/v2/activityFeeds?q=networkShares&count=2 Documentation is here https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/guide/v2/shares/activity-feed#

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