LinkedIn REST API

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']

social_linkedin_auth.py

base_url = "https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization"
redirect_uri = "https://thedatascholar.com/auth/linkedin/callback"
scope = "w_member_social,r_liteprofile"

url = f"{base_url}?response_type=code&client_id={client_id}&state=random&redirect_uri={redirect_uri}&scope={scope}"
print(url)

social_linkedin_profile.py

# Get LinkedIn user ID
url = "https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me"

header = {
    'Authorization' : f'Bearer {access_token}'
}

response = requests.get(url=url, headers=header)
response_json_li_person = response.json()

person_id = response_json_li_person['id']

social_linkedin_share_post_personal.py

url = "https://api.linkedin.com/v2/shares"

headers = {
    'Authorization' : f'Bearer {access_token}',
    'Content-Type' : 'application/json'
}

payload = {
    "content": {
        "contentEntities": [
            {
                "entityLocation": "https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/api/what-is-a-rest-api",
                "thumbnails": [
                    {
                        "resolvedUrl": "https://images.pexels.com/photos/2115217/pexels-photo-2115217.jpeg"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "title": "What is a REST API?"
    },
    'distribution': {
        'linkedInDistributionTarget': {}
    },
    'owner': f'urn:li:person:{person_id}',
    'text': {
        'text': f'Learn more about REST APIs in details.  \n#restapi #api'
    }
}

response = requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, json = payload)

print(response.json())

social_linkedin_static_import.py

import requests                 # To deal with REST APIs

# Get the ClientID and ClientSecret to get the access token
client_id       = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID"
client_secret   = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
organization_id = "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID"