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LinkedIn oauth dance
#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
"""
linkedin-1-oauth.py
Created by Thomas Cabrol on 2012-12-03.
Copyright (c) 2012 dataiku. All rights reserved.
Doing the oauth dance to get your LinkedIn token
This is taken from :
http://developer.linkedin.com/documents/authentication
"""
import oauth2 as oauth
import urlparse
consumer_key = "your-consumer-key-here"
consumer_secret = "your-consumer-secret-here"
class LinkedIn(object):
def __init__(self, consumer_key, consumer_secret):
self.consumer_key = consumer_key
self.consumer_secret = consumer_secret
def request_token(self):
self.consumer = oauth.Consumer(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
client = oauth.Client(self.consumer)
request_token_url = 'https://api.linkedin.com/uas/oauth/requestToken?scope=r_network'
resp, content = client.request(request_token_url, "POST")
if resp['status'] != '200':
raise Exception("Invalid response %s." % resp['status'])
self.request_token = dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(content))
print "Request Token:"
print " - oauth_token = %s" % self.request_token['oauth_token']
print " - oauth_token_secret = %s" % self.request_token['oauth_token_secret']
print
def authorize(self):
authorize_url = 'https://api.linkedin.com/uas/oauth/authorize'
print "Go to the following link in your browser:"
print "%s?oauth_token=%s" % (authorize_url, self.request_token['oauth_token'])
print
accepted = 'n'
while accepted.lower() == 'n':
accepted = raw_input('Have you authorized me? (y/n) ')
self.oauth_verifier = raw_input('What is the PIN? ')
def access(self):
access_token_url = 'https://api.linkedin.com/uas/oauth/accessToken'
token = oauth.Token(self.request_token['oauth_token'], self.request_token['oauth_token_secret'])
token.set_verifier(self.oauth_verifier)
client = oauth.Client(self.consumer, token)
resp, content = client.request(access_token_url, "POST")
self.access_token = dict(urlparse.parse_qsl(content))
print "Access Token:"
print " - oauth_token = %s" % self.access_token['oauth_token']
print " - oauth_token_secret = %s" % self.access_token['oauth_token_secret']
print
print "You may now access protected resources using the access tokens above."
print
def dance(self):
self.request_token()
self.authorize()
self.access()
if __name__ == '__main__':
l = LinkedIn(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
l.dance()
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