Code Of The Day - Using LinkedIn REST API to Share Content Programmatically via Scribe-Java OAuth Library - http://codeoftheday.blogspot.com/2013/07/using-linkedin-rest-api-to-share.html

LinkedIn_Share_Via_Scribe_Java_Example.java

/**
 * Code Of The Day - Using LinkedIn REST API to Share Content Programmatically via Scribe-Java OAuth Library
 * http://codeoftheday.blogspot.com/2013/07/using-linkedin-rest-api-to-share.html
 */
package smhumayun.codeoftheday.linkedin.share;

import org.scribe.builder.ServiceBuilder;
import org.scribe.builder.api.LinkedInApi;
import org.scribe.model.OAuthRequest;
import org.scribe.model.Response;
import org.scribe.model.Token;
import org.scribe.model.Verb;
import org.scribe.oauth.OAuthService;

/**
 * This class demonstrate how you can Share content via LinkedIn using Scribe-Java OAuth API
 *
 * User: smhumayun
 * Date: 7/17/13
 * Time: 5:03 PM
 */
public class ShareViaLinkedInExample {

    /**
     * Main Method
     *
     * @param args arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Instantiating the oAuth Service of Scribe-Java API
        OAuthService oAuthService = new ServiceBuilder()

                //LinkedIn Provider with Scopes support
                .provider(LinkedInApi.withScopes(

                        //'rw_nus' is required to retrieve and post updates to LinkedIn as authenticated user
                        "rw_nus"
                ))

                //API Key
                .apiKey("XXXXXXXXXXXX")
                //API Secret
                .apiSecret("XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

                //build it!
                .build();

        //Instantiating oAuth Request of type POST and with LinkedIn Share REST API End Point URL
        OAuthRequest oAuthRequest = new OAuthRequest(Verb.POST, "http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~/shares");

        //Preparing XML payload to Share Content via LinkedIn
        String xml = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?> \n" +
                "<share> \n" +
                "  <comment>" +

                //comments against the content you want to share
                "H-1B Work Visa USA - Everything you need to know - Info, Tips, Guides, Stats, News, Updates, Recommendations, Community, Jobs and much more!" +

                "</comment> \n" +
                "  <content> \n" +
                "    <submitted-url>" +

                //URL of the content you want to share
                "http://h1b-work-visa-usa.blogspot.com" +

                "</submitted-url> \n" +
                "  </content> \n" +
                "  <visibility> \n" +
                "    <code>anyone</code> \n" +
                "  </visibility> \n" +
                "</share>\n";

        //add xml payload to request
        oAuthRequest.addPayload(xml);

        //sign your request with oAuth Service
        oAuthService.signRequest(

                new Token(

                        //OAuth Token
                        "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX"

                        //OAuth Token Secret
                        , "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX"

                ), oAuthRequest);

        //set the content type header to text/xml - this is the type of content you are sending as payload
        oAuthRequest.addHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");

        //send the request
        Response response = oAuthRequest.send();

        //print the response from server
        System.out.println("response.getBody() = " + response.getBody());

    }

}