openPost

This action allows you to open a post to retrieve its data.

Constraints

Paramenters

{
  "actionType": "openPost",
  "label": "post1",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  "basicInfo": true,
  "then": { ... }
}

• label (optional) – custom label for tracking this action in workflow completion.
• postUrl – LinkedIn URL of the post.
• basicInfo (optional, default: false) – when set to true, the action includes basic post information in the results.
• then (optional) – object or array of child actions to be executed within this action.

Result options

1. Successful post opening with basicInfo set to true:

{
  "actionType": "openPost",
  "label": "post1",
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "time": "2023-01-02T12:30:00Z",
    "type": "original",
    "repostText": null,
    "text": "Check out our latest product launch!",
    "images": [
      "https://static.linkedin.com/image1.jpg",
      "https://static.linkedin.com/image2.jpg"
    ],
    "hasVideo": false,
    "hasPoll": false,
    "reactionCount": 27,
    "commentCount": 8
  }
}

• label – included only if specified in the action parameters.
• data – basic information about the post and results of child actions execution.
  • time – timestamp when the post was published.
  • type – type of the post. Enum with possible values:
    • original – for original posts.
    • repost – for reposts.
  • repostText – additional text added during repost, if applicable.
  • text – text content of the post, if available.
  • images – array of top 3 preview image URLs, if available.
  • hasVideo – boolean indicating if the post contains a video.
  • hasPoll – boolean indicating if the post contains a poll.
  • reactionCount – number of reactions on the post.
  • commentCount – number of comments on the post.

2. Successful post opening with basicInfo set to false:

{
  "actionType": "openPost",
  "label": "post1",
  "success": true
}

• label – included only if specified in the action parameters.

3. Failed post opening:

{
  "actionType": "openPost",
  "label": "post1",
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "type": "postNotFound",
    "message": "The provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn post."
  }
}

• label – included only if specified in the action parameters.
• error.type – enum with the following possible values:
  • postNotFound – provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn post.