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Authenticate
This process generates an Access Token for a user. The Access Token will then be used for Individual Post and Organization Post.
○ Client Id: the Client Id from your Authentication Keys.
○ Client Secret: the Client Secret from your Authentication Keys .
○ Copy Access Token: name of the parameter that holds the Authentication result.
○ Email: the user’s Linkedin email you want to use for the automation.
○ Password: the user’s Linkedin password.
You should authenticate only once. Repeating multiple Linkedin Authentications for the same account could break the automation process as Linkedin might flag your account for security verification. It is recommended to save the Access Token in a file or database.
Validate Access Token
Validates an existing Access Token and refreshes it automatically when it expires.
○ Access Token: the existing Access Token of an authenticated user to be validated.
○ Client Id: the Client Id from your Authentication Keys.
○ Client Secret: the Client Secret from your Authentication Keys .
○ Copy Access Token: name of the parameter that holds the Validate Access Token result.
○ Email: the user’s Linkedin email of an authenticated user.
○ Password: the user’s Linkedin password.
The result of this command should be used for updating an existing Access Token since it creates a new Access Token if the provided one has already expired.
Post Individual
Post a status or content on the authenticated user’s account
○ Access Token: the existing Access Token of an authenticated user.
○ Content Text: content description (Maximum of 400 characters; recommended length is less than 70 characters)
○ Content Url: content url (External Article Url or Image/GIF file link. Video not supported) to include in the post
○ Copy Result To (Optional): name of the parameter that holds the post result (if post successful)
○ Is Private Post: true for connections or false if for public post
○ Text: the text to post
○ Thumbnail Url: the thumbnail image url to replace the default article’s thumbnail
Post Organization
Post a status or content on the authenticated user’s managed company page
○ Access Token: the existing Access Token of an authenticated user.
○ Content Text: content description (Maximum of 400 characters; recommended length is less than 70 characters)
○ Content Url: content url (External Article Url or Image/GIF file link. Video not supported) to include in the post
○ Copy Result To (Optional): name of the parameter that holds the post result (if post successful)
○ Page Id: the id of page to be used for posting
○ Text: the text to post
○ Thumbnail Url: the thumbnail image url to replace the default article’s thumbnail