LinkedIn API - get information about my ALL Connections

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Deepak Singhal picture Deepak Singhal · Jan 7, 2014 · Viewed 43.5k times · Source

I have used Facebook API but I am new to Linkedin api.

I need some help on how to get information (name, birthday, etc) about my ALL Connections, and I need help with both the token and the info-related API calls.

As for the token -- in Facebook there is the Facebook Console to generate tokens at runtime and test our API calls... Does LinkedIn have something similar?

Update: I'm able to get list of connections using:

http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~/connections?modified=new

... but how can I also get birthdates (if shared publicly)? I've attempted:

http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~/connections:(headline,first-name,last-name,date-of-birth)

...however, that shows me the first and last name but NOT the date of birth.

Answer

Samer Bechara picture Samer Bechara · Jan 21, 2014

You can use the rest console here: http://developer.linkedin.com/rest-console

There is a template method you can use called "Get My Connections".

I hope this helps.

Update: LinkedIn has restricted their open API access, and this no longer works.

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