Getting started
3rd Party App Intergration
Linkedin Credentials
7 min
step 1 — create a linkedin app go to the https //developer linkedin com/ and click create app fill out the basic details enter your app name in the app name box if you don’t have a linkedin page(for business), you can create one by clicking create a new linkedin page and select the "company" option enter the linkedin page url(business page url) click the upload a logo button to upload an image that is displayed to users when they authorize with your app select the i have read and agree to these terms checkbox click the create app button your new app is created and is available under the my apps tab step 2 — configure oauth in your app, go to auth / oauth settings add the below listed url in the redirected url section http //devapi simplita in/api/oauth/linkedin/callback save your changes important the redirect must match character‑for‑character (scheme, domain, path, and trailing slash) a mismatch causes redirect uri mismatch errors step 3 — add products & scopes depending on what you’ll do with the linkedin node read profile/basic info (common) scopes r liteprofile, r emailaddress post to member feed (user’s own profile) scope w member social post to an organization (company page) scopes w organization social, r organization social, rw organization admin (if required by your use case) you may need to associate the app with your company page and pass linkedin’s review depending on access level if you see 403/insufficient permission errors later, return here to confirm the needed scopes are added and approved step 4 — retrieve client id & client secret from your app’s auth/keys section copy the client id and client secret security tip treat the client secret like a password rotate it if it’s ever exposed click the settings options to verify the created business linkedin page with the app in the popup notification, click the " generate url " copy the generated url and paste it in the new browser tab to verify the page click the " verify " button and it takes some times to verify it, after that it shows success message popup step 5 — connect the linkedin node in simplita in simplita rules engine → open your workflow (or settings → integrations ) add/select the linkedin node open the credentials panel by clicking the manage option paste client id client secret click connect to linkedin click sign in with linkedin a linkedin window will open log in with your linkedin account grant the requested permissions/scopes wait for the success confirmation back in simplita (status should show connected )