Python LinkedIn Client

Python wrapper for the LinkedIn API V2

Installation

via pip:

pip install linkedin-client

Usage

from linkedin import linkedin


API_KEY = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID"
API_SECRET = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
RETURN_URL = "http://localhost:8000"
PERMISSIONS = ["r_basicprofile"]

auth = linkedin.LinkedinOAuth2(API_KEY, API_SECRET, RETURN_URL, PERMISSIONS)
print(auth.authorization_url) # copy this url to your browser

When you grant access to the application, you will be redirected to the return url with the following query strings appended to your RETURN_URL: http://localhost:8000/?code=YOUR_AUTHORIZATION_CODE

auth.authorization_code = "YOUR_AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
token = auth.get_access_token()

app = linkedin.LinkedIn(token=token)
print(app.get_profile())