Messaging (LinkedIn API, WhatsApp API,etc.) & Email API by Unipile

The Unipile Node.js SDK provides powerful tools to easily integrate with LinkedIn's API, Email API, and other platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram. With this SDK, you can seamlessly manage your LinkedIn connections, send messages (including InMail), retrieve profiles, handle invitations, and manage email communications—all using LinkedIn's API and the Email API. Whether you're automating LinkedIn tasks, building scalable messaging solutions across multiple platforms, or managing emails efficiently, Unipile makes it simple and effective.

📖 Unipile API Guide   
💡Unipile API Reference   
▶️ Quick Start   
🗂️ Installation



💬 Messaging API   
✉️ Email API   
🔑 All Features

LinkedIn API and Messaging APIs

Features for Messaging APIs

🔸 Account Connection: Generate a Hosted Auth, Implement a custom authentication



🔸 Message: Start a new chat, Send message, List messages in a chat, List chats, Retrieve a chat, List attendees, Retrieve a chat, List attendees, List all attendees from a chat



🔸 Attachment: Send file attachments, Retrieve an attachment from a message



🔸 User Profile: Retrieve users profiles, Retrieve my profile



🔸 Documentation: Access to All Messaging API Features

LinkedIn Specific

🔹 Send InMail LinkedIn API



🔹 Send Invitation LinkedIn API: Profile view notification, Send invitation, List pending invitation, Delete invitation



🔹 LinkedIn Posts API: List Users/Companies posts, Retrieve a post, Create a new LinkedIn Post, Send Comments in LinkedIn Post, List Post Comments, Add reaction on a post



🔹 Profiles LinkedIn API: List of contacts/Relations, Retrieve Companies Profiles



🔹 Documentation: Access to All LinkedIn API Features

Email API

🔸 Get emails history

🔸 Delete an email

🔸 Send an email

🔸 Reply to an email

🔸 Documentation: Access to All Email API Features

Installation

Node 18+ required

``
npm install unipile-node-sdk
`

Quick Start

Authenticate using your Unipile account credentials

`javascript
import { UnipileClient } from 'unipile-node-sdk';

const client = new UnipileClient('https://{YOUR_DSN}', '{YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN}');
`

Add a messaging account : LinkedIn

`javascript
const response = await client.account.connectLinkedin({
username: 'your LinkedIn username',
password: 'your LinkedIn password',
});
`

Retrieve a LinkedIn company profile

`javascript
const response = await client.users.getCompanyProfile({
account_id: linkedinAccount.id,
identifier: 'Unipile',
});
`

Features for All APIs

Account Connection

You can easily connect multiple accounts

- Generate a Hosted Auth Wizard link

`javascript
await client.account.createHostedAuthLink({
type: 'create', // or reconnect
expiresOn: '2024-12-22T12:00:00.701Z',
api_url: 'your api',
providers: '', // means all provider
success_redirect_url: 'your success url',
failure_redirect_url: 'your fail url',
notify_url: 'your notify url',
});
`

- Implement a custom authentication to connect accounts on your application :

- LinkedIn username/password
`javascript
await client.account.connectLinkedin({
username: 'your LinkedIn username',
password: 'your LinkedIn password',
});
`

- LinkedIn cookie/user-agent

`javascript
await client.account.connectLinkedinWithCookie({
access_token: 'V2VsY29tZSB0byBVbmlwaWxlICE-gU2hhbnRheSB5b3Ugc3RheSAh',
user_agent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/15.0.1',
});
`

- Whatsapp API
`javascript
await client.account.connectWhatsapp();
`
- Instagram API
`javascript
await client.account.connectInstagram({
username: 'your Instagram username',
password: 'your Instagram password',
});
`
- Messenger API
`javascript
await client.account.connectMessenger({
username: 'your Messenger username',
password: 'your Messenger password',
});
`
- Telegram API
`javascript
await client.account.connectTelegram();
`
- X (Twitter) API
`javascript
await client.account.connectTwitter({
username: 'your X username',
password: 'your X password',
});
`

- Have 2FA / OTP / In-app validation security ? Solve the checkpoint 2FA / OTP

`javascript
await client.account.solveCodeCheckpoint({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
provider: 'LINKEDIN',
code: '',
});
`

- LinkedIn : initiate or monitor a sync process
`javascript
await client.account.resyncLinkedinAccount({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
});
`

Messages

- Start a new chat
`javascript
await client.messaging.startNewChat({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
attendees_ids: ['user id OR provider id'],
text: 'new chat with message',
});
`
- Send message
`javascript
await client.messaging.sendMessage({
chat_id: 'vISKyHtDUmagrk6vrnlXhw',
text: 'Hello World',
});
`
- List messages in a chat
`javascript
await client.messaging.getAllMessagesFromChat({
chat_id: 'vISKyHtDUmagrk6vrnlXhw',
});
`
- List chats
`javascript
await client.messaging.getAllChats();
// OR sort your chats list
await client.messaging.getAllChats({
account_type: 'LINKEDIN',
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
limit: 50,
after: '2024-07-22T12:00:00.000Z',
});
`
- Retrieve a chat
`javascript
await client.messaging.getChat('vISKyHtDUmagrk6vrnlXhw');
`
- List attendees
`javascript
await client.messaging.getAllAttendees({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
});
`
- List all attendees from a chat
`javascript
await client.messaging.getAllAttendeesFromChat('vISKyHtDUmagrk6vrnlXhw');
`

Attachments

- Send files attachments

`javascript
const path = './src/unipile.png';
const fileBuffer = await fs.readFile(path);

await client.messaging.sendMessage({
chat_id: 'vISKyHtDUmagrk6vrnlXhw',
text: 'Hello World',
attachments: [['unipile.png', fileBuffer]],
});
`

- Retrieve an attachment from a message
`javascript
await client.messaging.getMessageAttachment({
attachment_id: '5882031366722404334',
message_id: '3aRdnf34UiympaebB4-NRA',
});
`

Users

- Retrieve users profiles
`javascript
await client.users.getProfile({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
identifier: 'user id OR user provider id',
});
`
- Retrieve my profile
`javascript
await client.users.getOwnProfile('t5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw');
`

Extra parameters

If you want to pass some extra parameters for a request beyond what the SDK input defines, all methods allow an extra_params options.

`javascript
await client.messaging.getMessageAttachment(
{
attachment_id: '5882031366722404334',
message_id: '3aRdnf34UiympaebB4-NRA',
},
{
extra_params: { my_param_name: 'my param value' },
},
);
`

Depending on the underlying HTTP request mode used, extra_params will be added to the request query string or json or formData body.

This may be useful if you know about and want to use a parameter that is either omitted or not yet defined in the sdk.

Handling Errors

`javascript
try {
const result = await client.messaging.getAllAttendees({
account_id,
});
} catch (err) {
if (err instanceof UnsuccessfulRequestError) {
console.log("UnsuccessfulRequestError", err.message, err.body);

const { status, type } = err.body;

// depeding on the granularity you want, use status :
switch (status) {
case 401:
// ...
break;
case 403:
// ...
break;
case 404:
// ...
break;
case 500:
// ...
break;
case 503:
// ...
break;
case 504:
// ...
break;
default:
// ...
break;
}

// or type ( or both )
switch (type) {
case "errors/missing_credentials":
// ...
break;
case "errors/multiple_sessions":
// ...
break;
case "errors/invalid_checkpoint_solution":
// ...
break;
case "errors/checkpoint_error":
// ...
break;
case "errors/invalid_credentials":
// ...
break;
case "errors/expired_credentials":
// ...
break;
case "errors/insufficient_privileges":
// ...
break;
case "errors/disconnected_account":
// ...
break;
case "errors/invalid_credentials_but_valid_account_imap":
// ...
break;
case "errors/expired_link ":
// ...
break;
case "errors/wrong_account":
// ...
break;

/*
cf https://developer.unipile.com/reference/chatattendeescontroller_listallattendees
for all used error types
*/
default:
// ...
break;
}
}
`

Endpoint Not Packaged in SDK

Example of using the "Get raw data" route

Refer to: https://developer.unipile.com/docs/get-raw-data-example#following-someone

This can be adapted to support all routes not included in the SDK.


`javascript
const client = new UnipileClient(BASE_URL, "ACCESS_TOKEN", {});
await client.request.send({
path: ["linkedin"],
method: "POST",
parameters: { account_id: "!!YOURACCOUNTID!!" },
body: {
"body": {"patch":{"$set":{"following":true}}},
"account_id": "dfR-rG0tQfGhfeP2l5_Bdw",
"method": "POST",
"request_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/voyager/api/feed/dash/followingStates/urn:li:fsd_followingState:urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAAcDMMQBODyLwZrRcgYhrkCafURGqva0U4E",
"encoding": false
},
});
`

LinkedIn Specific

InMail LinkedIn API

Send InMail LinkedIn API
(message to people outside users’ network)

`javascript
await client.messaging.startNewChat({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
attendees_ids: ['user provider id'],
text: 'send a inmail',
options: {
linkedin: {
api: 'classic' // recruiter / sales_navigator
inmail: true,
},
},
});
`

Invitations LinkedIn API

- Notify LinkedIn Profile View
`javascript
await client.users.getProfile({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
identifier: 'user provider id',
linkedin_sections: '*',
notify: true,
});
`
- Send LinkedIn Invitation
`javascript
await client.users.sendInvitation({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
provider_id: 'user provider id',
message: 'Send invitation',
});
`
- List pending LinkedIn invitations
`javascript
await client.users.getAllInvitationsSent({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
});
`
- Delete LinkedIn Invitation
`javascript
await client.users.cancelInvitationSent({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
invitation_id: '7221821214065876992',
});
`

Posts LinkedIn API

- List Users' and Companies' LinkedIn Posts
`javascript
await client.users.getAllPosts({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
identifier: 'user/company provider id',
});
`
- Retrieve a LinkedIn post
`javascript
await client.users.getPost({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
post_id: '7222176104768270337',
});
`
- Create a LinkedIn Post
`javascript
await client.users.createPost({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
text: 'post content',
});
`
- Send Comments on LinkedIn Post
`javascript
await client.users.sendPostComment({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
post_id: '7222176104768270337',
text: 'comment',
});
`
- List LinkedIn Post Comments
`javascript
await client.users.getAllPostComments({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
post_id: '7222176104768270337',
});
`
- Add reaction to a LinkedIn post
`javascript
await client.users.sendPostReaction({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
post_id: '7222176104768270337',
reaction_type: 'funny',
});
`

Profiles LinkedIn API

- List of contacts/Relations
`javascript
await client.users.getAllRelations({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
});
`
- Retrieve User Profiles
`javascript
await client.users.getProfile({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
identifier: 'user provider id',
linkedin_api: 'sales_navigator',
linkedin_sections: ['experience', 'about'],
notify: true,
});
`
- Retrieve Companies Profiles
`javascript
await client.users.getCompanyProfile({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
identifier: 'Unipile',
});
`

Email API

Get emails history

- List all emails

`javascript
await client.email.getAll({ account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw' });
`

- Retrieve a specific email

`javascript
await client.email.getOne('TnOWcaycS52dwnhgADlb2w');
`

- Retrieve a specific email by external provider id

`javascript
await client.email.getOne.byProvider('some email provider id', 'some account id');
`

- List all folders from an email Account

`javascript
await client.email.getAllFolders({ account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw' });
`

- Retrieve a specific folder

`javascript
await client.email.getOneFolder('aG0z55cmQOO1y2180eAeuQ');
`

- Retrieve a specific folder by external provider id

`javascript
await client.email.getOneFolder.byProviderId('some folder provider id', 'some account id');
`

- Retrieve a specific attachment

`javascript
await client.email.getEmailAttachment({
email_id: 'TnOWcaycS52dwnhgADlb2w',
attachment_id: 'AQMkADAwATNiZmYAZC1jM2ZmAC00MzA1LTAwAi0wMAoARgAAA6zgXpjd',
});
`

- Retrieve a specific attachment using an email external provider id

`javascript
await client.email.getEmailAttachment.byProviderId({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
email_id: 'some email provider id',
attachment_id: 'AQMkADAwATNiZmYAZC1jM2ZmAC00MzA1LTAwAi0wMAoARgAAA6zgXpjd',
});
`

Delete an email

- Delete a specific email

`javascript
await client.email.delete('TnOWcaycS52dwnhgADlb2w');
`

- Delete a specific email by external provider id

`javascript
await client.email.delete.byProviderId('some email provider id', 'some account id');
`

Send an email

`javascript
await client.email.send({
account_id: 't5XY4yQzR9WVrlNFyzPMhw',
to: [{ identifier: 'unipile@gmail.com' }],
subject: 'email subject',
body: 'email body content',
});
`

Reply to an email

`javascript
await client.email.send({
account_id,
body: 'send a mail',
subject: 're: parent email subject',
to: [{ identifier: 'unipile@gmail.com' }],
reply_to: 'some email provider id',
});
``