NodeJS wrapper for the LinkedIn API
npm install node-linked-innode-linked-in  
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A Node.JS module, which provides an object oriented wrapper for the LinkedIn API.
Because provided one is not friendly.
http://darul75.github.io/node-linked-in/#Linkedin
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npm install node-linked-in
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``javascript
var Linkedin = require('node-linked-in');
var cfg = {};
/* proxy example
var config = {
proxy: {
host: 127.0.0.1,
port: 8083
}
}*/
var linkedin = new Linkedin(cfg);
// or no specific
// var linkedin = new Linkedin();
// Oauth2 auth token, you might use https://github.com/ciaranj/node-oauth
// store info
linkedin.authenticate({
token: accessToken
});
// now you can play with API
linkedin.people.getCurrent({
"url-field-selector": ':(id,first-name,last-name,industry)'},
function(err, res) {
// current example retrieve current user profile info with specified fields
});
// "url-field-selector" is specific to LinkedIn API, see here for more details of syntax:
// https://developer.linkedin.com/documents/understanding-field-selectors
// PUT or POST methods use 'data' hash object
// see here for details as first json level attribute is omitted
// https://developer.linkedin.com/documents/api-requests-json
linkedin.groups.addPost({
"group-id": "12435",
"data": {
"title": "test",
"summary": "summary",
"content": {
"submitted-url": "http",
"submitted-image-url": "http",
"title": "ti",
"description": "des"
}
},
function(err, res) {
});
`
Options
- proxy: hash object
- debug: debug trace mode
`json`
proxy = {
"port": 8083,
"host": "127.0.0.1"
}
Whether process.env.HTTPS_PROXY or process.env.HTTP_PROXY are set, providing hash proxy is not needed.
`javascript
var linkedin = new Linkedin(cfg);
// following namespaces expose methods for each linked api features
linkedin.people
linkedin.groups
linkedin.companies
linkedin.jobs
linkedin.shares
linkedin.communications
``
* People - doc
* Groups - doc
* Companies - doc
* Jobs - doc
* Share - doc
* Communications - doc
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Copyright (c) 2014 Julien Valéry
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