Authentication
Connect a LinkedIn Account (Username/Password)
Create or update a LinkedIn account
POST
Before connecting a LinkedIn account using email and password authentication, you must first Create a User to associate the account with. Once you have created a user, you can use this endpoint to connect their LinkedIn account using their email and password credentials.
Checkpoint Handling: LinkedIn will likely require you to complete a checkpoint. Use the Resolve LinkedIn Checkpoint endpoint to handle this.
For IN_APP_VALIDATION
checkpoints:
- The user must approve the login in their LinkedIn mobile app
- Poll the checkpoint endpoint with an empty request body
{}
- No verification code is required for mobile app approval
For other checkpoint types: CAPTCHA solving may take time and could fail.
Authorizations
API key required for authentication. Add your API key in the X-API-Key header.
Path Parameters
Body
application/json
Response
200
application/json
Successfully created or updated LinkedIn account.
The response is of type object
.