Integration of linked in using mule esb

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Integration of Linked-in using Mule ESB

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Overview
• LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking service
• LinkedIn was founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003
• It is mainly used for professional networking
• As of June 2013, LinkedIn reports more than 259 million acquired users in more than 200
countries and territories
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Configure LinkedIn
• Go to https://www.linkedin.com/secure/developer
• Click on Add new Application
• Fill in the form and click on Add Application
• Make a note of the consumer key, consumer secret and the OAuth2 Redirect URL as these
will be used during our Mule ESB application configuration
• Click on Done
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Mule Connector
• Create a new Mule Application
• Click on Global Elements tab in your main flow
• Click on Create Button
• Select LinkedIn under Connector Configuration
group
• Add your LinkedIn consumer key value to API Key
text box
• Add your LinkedIn consumer secret value to API
Secret text box
• Add “r_basicprofile,r_network” in the scope text
box
• Click on Oauth tab and specify domain, local port,
remote port and Path values.
• The Oauth values should be same as what is
configured in LinkedIn App
• A screen shot and sample XML configuration is
shown in the next slide
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Mule flow
• Install the Microsoft Linkedin Connector in Anypoint Studio (3.5 and
above) http://repository.mulesoft.org/connectors/releases/3.5
• Create a new Anypoint Studio Project and Flow.
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Mule flow (Cont ..)
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• Mule Flow XML -

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Running Mule Project
• We are now ready to run the project! First, let us test run the application from Studio:
• Right-click on the application in the Package Explorer pane.
• Select Run As > Mule Application:
• Start a browser and go to http://localhost:8081/linkedinConnect
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