Building with linked_in_api

BUILDING WITH LINKEDIN API Pains, constraints and data

JUST READ THE http://

BORING STUFFRequest API Keys (You want 2

2 APISJavascript and Rest

JAVASCRIPT API • Easier to respect• Good the TOS ;-)• Comeswithtemplates and • Less goodtags • Client-side

REST API• Good • Less good• Server-side • Need to know the API • Need to build everything

BEST OF BOTHYou can exchange token from an API to the other says Sarah.

REQUIRES USER AUTHYou can only call the API through an

POWER TO THE API• Profile API: Standard vs Public• Profile fields: So many it’s insane.• Connections API: Usually way enough info.• People Search: The Power of facets.• Groups API, Social stream, Invitation (friend-only)• Jobs API: Bookmarks and suggestions.

NO EMAILSE-mail addresses are never exposed

PLAY BY THE HOFFMAN RULES• NoLinkedIn data can be stored (except proﬁles if explicit)• Data from one users LinkedIn account/network may not be exposed to another user• Youcannot use the APIs in conjunction with data scraped by you or other third parties from LinkedIn

FACETShttp://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(facets:(code,buckets:(code,name)))?facets=location <people-search> <facets total="1"> <facet> <name>Location</name> <code>location</code> <buckets total="5"> <bucket> <name>United States</name> <code>us:0</code> </bucket> <bucket> <name>San Francisco Bay Area</name> <code>us:84</code> </bucket> <bucket> <name>France</name> <code>fr:0</code> </bucket> ... </buckets> </facet>

LIST OF FACETS• Location• Industry• Network• Language• Current company• Past company• School

FACETED SEARCH• http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(facets:(code,buckets: (code,name,count)))? facets=location,network&facet=location,us: 84&facet=network,F

CONSOLES• https://apigee.com/console/linkedin• developer.linkedinlabs.com/jsapi-console/

TIPS• Read the TOS• Read the docs• Expect weird return type (private??)• Expect undocumented errors• Monitor your usage

ANY QUESTIONS? My email is

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