linkedin2's Introduction

LinkedIn 2

A modernized LinkedIn Ruby client.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'linkedin2'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install linkedin2

Usage

Client Configuration

Configure an instance directly with a hash:

client = LinkedIn::Client.new key: <your-key>, secret: <your-secret>,
redirect_uri: <your-callback>, scope: %i(r_basicprofile r_network)

Or configure an instance directly with the configure method:

client = LinkedIn::Client.new
client.configure do |config|
  config.key = <your-key>
end
client.key # => <your-key>

Or configure the gem with a hash:

LinkedIn::Client.configure  key: <your-key>, secret: <your-secret>, redirect_uri: <your-callback>
client = LinkedIn::Client.new
client.key # => <your-key>

Or configure the gem with a block:

LinkedIn::Client.configure do |config|
  config.key = '<your-key>'
end
client = LinkedIn::Client.new
client.key # => <your-key>

Authentication

Following the LinkedIn Authentication Documentation:

Step 1. Register your application

Create a LinkedIn Account and register an application

Step 2a. Generate Authorization Code by redirecting user to LinkedIn's authorization dialog

# create a client and configure it with your :key, :secret and :redirect_uri. See "Client Configuration" above.
client.authorize_url # => A URI that will take a user to LinkedIn, ask them to login and redirect to the URI that you configured

Step 2b. Request Access Token by exchanging the authorization_code for it

# create a client and configure it with your :key, :secret and :redirect_uri. See "Client Configuration" above.
client.request_access_token '<token-from-response>'