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Reputation: 3200

LinkedIn make authenticated api call to return json data

The linkedin document clearly shows how to retrieve json format when making an api call. For example:

https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(id)?format=json

However, I need to make an authenticated api call, which means that I include the accesss token in the url. The structure is as follows...

https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~?oauth2_access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN_GOES_HERE

I have retrieved the default xml data but dont understand from their documents how i can make an authenticated call and get json format.

Relavent link https://developer.linkedin.com/documents/authentication https://developer.linkedin.com/documents/api-requests-json

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4363

Answers (1)

Hans Z.
Hans Z.

Reputation: 53928

For presenting an OAuth 2.0 access token to a protected API it is best (according to the OAuth 2.0 standard) to present the token in a header as follows (using cURL):

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" "https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~:(id)?format=json"

Upvotes: 4

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