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Starts OAuth For LinkedIn Account

GET 
/social-media-posting/oauth/linkedin/start

Open the API in a window with appropriate params and headers instead of using the Curl. User is navigated to LinkedIn login OAuth screen. On successful login, listen on window object for message where event listener returns data in its callback function.

Sample code to listen to event data:​

window.addEventListener('message', function(e) { if (e.data && e.data.page === 'social_media_posting') { const { actionType, page, platform, placement, accountId, reconnectAccounts } = e.data } }, false)

Event Data Response:​

{ actionType: string, Ex: "close" page: string, Ex: "social-media-posting" platform: string, Ex: "linkedin" placement: string, Ex: "placement" accountId: string, Ex: "658a9b6833b91e0ecb8f3958" reconnectAccounts: string[]] Ex: ["658a9b6833b91e0ecb834acd", "efd2daa9b6833b91e0ecb8f3511"] }

The accountId retrieved from above data can be used to fetch LinkedIn account details using below API -​

API: '/social-media-posting/oauth/linkedin/accounts/:accountId'

Method: GET

Request​

Responses​

Successful Response