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ArVan
ArVan

Reputation: 4275

Linkedin token not valid

Here is a strange thing I am fighting against.

First of all I am using this simple-linkedinphp lib to perform API calls from my php backend. I got a user access token from our IOS app which has the following structure: {"access_token":"lettersAndSymbols","expires_in":5183999} I store it in a variable called $token. Then I try to get the user's profile with this token like this:

$linkedin = new \LinkedIn($this->linkedin_config);
$linkedin->setResponseFormat($linkedin::_RESPONSE_JSON);
$linkedin->setTokenAccess(array('oauth_token' => $token["access_token"], 'oauth_token_secret' => ""));
$linkedinUserJson = $linkedin->profile("~");

Then I get the response with error:

array(5) {
  ["linkedin"]=>
  string(358) "{
  "errorCode": 0,
  "message": "[unauthorized]. The token used in the OAuth request is not valid. sameLettersAndSymbols",
  "requestId": "74T6SY6ML6",
  "status": 401,
  "timestamp": 1376043937705
}

But when I try to open an api url in a browser with the same LettersAndSymbols like https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~?oauth2_access_token=LettersAndSymbols, I get the correct response with user object.

How can that be? Am I doing something wrong with the API lib?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1194

Answers (1)

m0rg4n
m0rg4n

Reputation: 328

I can see a problem in this line

$linkedin->setTokenAccess(array('oauth_token' => $token["access_token"], 'oauth_token_secret' => ""));

your must provide a secret to set the token access.

I found a nice example about Linkedin Integration, wich I like to share with you, I tested and it works just fine.

How to Integrate login with LinkedIn oAuth in PHP

Upvotes: 2

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