social_linkedin_access_token.py

url_access_token = "https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/accessToken"
auth_code = "YOUR_AUTH_CODE_FROM_PREVIOUS_VERIFICATION"

payload = {
    'grant_type' : 'authorization_code',
    'code' : auth_code,
    'redirect_uri' : redirect_uri,
    'client_id' : client_id,
    'client_secret' : client_secret
}

response = requests.post(url=url_access_token, params=payload)
response_json = response.json()

# Extract the access_token from the response_json
access_token = response_json['access_token']