Reacting and commenting

This page describes how to create workflows for reacting and commenting on LinkedIn posts.

Reacting to post

To react to a post, you need to include st.reactToPost action in your workflow. Here's an example:

Workflow:

{
  "actionType": "st.reactToPost",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  "type": "like"
}

const workflow = await linkedapi.reactToPost.execute({
  postUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  type: "like"
});

const { errors } = await linkedapi.reactToPost.result(workflow.workflowId);

from linkedapi import ReactToPostParams

workflow = linkedapi.react_to_post.execute(
    ReactToPostParams(
        post_url="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
        type="like",
    )
)

result = linkedapi.react_to_post.result(workflow.workflow_id)

Completion:

json

{
  "actionType": "st.reactToPost",
  "success": true
}

Commenting on post

To comment on a post, you need to include st.commentOnPost action in your workflow. Here's an example:

Workflow:

{
  "actionType": "st.commentOnPost",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  "text": "I completely agree with your point."
}

const workflow = await linkedapi.commentOnPost.execute({
  postUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  text: "I completely agree with your point."
});

const { data, errors } = await linkedapi.commentOnPost.result(workflow.workflowId);

from linkedapi import CommentOnPostParams

workflow = linkedapi.comment_on_post.execute(
    CommentOnPostParams(
        post_url="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
        text="I completely agree with your point.",
    )
)

result = linkedapi.comment_on_post.result(workflow.workflow_id)

Completion:

json

{
  "actionType": "st.commentOnPost",
  "success": true
}

Reacting + commenting

To react and comment on the same post, you need to include st.reactToPost and st.commentOnPost as child actions of st.openPost action. Here's an example:

Workflow:

{
  "actionType": "st.openPost",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  "basicInfo": false,
  "then": [
    {
      "actionType": "st.reactToPost",
      "type": "like"
    },
    {
      "actionType": "st.commentOnPost",
      "text": "I completely agree with your point."
    }
  ]
}

const workflow = await linkedapi.customWorkflow.execute({
  actionType: "st.openPost",
  postUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  basicInfo: false,
  then: [
    { actionType: "st.reactToPost", type: "like" },
    {
      actionType: "st.commentOnPost",
      text: "I completely agree with your point."
    }
  ]
});

const { data, errors } = await linkedapi.customWorkflow.result(workflow.workflowId);

workflow = linkedapi.custom_workflow.execute(
    {
        "actionType": "st.openPost",
        "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
        "basicInfo": False,
        "then": [
            {"actionType": "st.reactToPost", "type": "like"},
            {
                "actionType": "st.commentOnPost",
                "text": "I completely agree with your point.",
            },
        ],
    }
)

result = linkedapi.custom_workflow.result(workflow.workflow_id)

linkedin workflow run <<'EOF'
{
  "actionType": "st.openPost",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  "basicInfo": false,
  "then": [
    {
      "actionType": "st.reactToPost",
      "type": "like"
    },
    {
      "actionType": "st.commentOnPost",
      "text": "I completely agree with your point."
    }
  ]
}
EOF

Completion:

json

{
  "actionType": "st.openPost",
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "then": [
      {
        "actionType": "st.reactToPost",
        "success": true
      },
      {
        "actionType": "st.commentOnPost",
        "success": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

Reacting to a comment

To react to a comment, you need to include st.reactToComment action in your workflow. It accepts a commentUrl, which you can obtain from the commentUrl field returned by st.commentOnPost, st.replyToComment, or st.retrievePostComments. Here's an example:

Workflow:

{
  "actionType": "st.reactToComment",
  "commentUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)",
  "type": "like"
}

const workflow = await linkedapi.reactToComment.execute({
  commentUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)",
  type: "like"
});

const { errors } = await linkedapi.reactToComment.result(workflow.workflowId);

from linkedapi import ReactToCommentParams

workflow = linkedapi.react_to_comment.execute(
    ReactToCommentParams(
        comment_url="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)",
        type="like",
    )
)

result = linkedapi.react_to_comment.result(workflow.workflow_id)

linkedin comment react \
  "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)" \
  --type like

Completion:

json

{
  "actionType": "st.reactToComment",
  "success": true
}

Replying to a comment

To reply to a comment, you need to include st.replyToComment action in your workflow. It returns the commentUrn and commentUrl of the created reply. Here's an example:

Workflow:

{
  "actionType": "st.replyToComment",
  "commentUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)",
  "text": "Thanks for sharing your thoughts!"
}

const workflow = await linkedapi.replyToComment.execute({
  commentUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)",
  text: "Thanks for sharing your thoughts!"
});

const { data, errors } = await linkedapi.replyToComment.result(workflow.workflowId);

from linkedapi import ReplyToCommentParams

workflow = linkedapi.reply_to_comment.execute(
    ReplyToCommentParams(
        comment_url="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)",
        text="Thanks for sharing your thoughts!",
    )
)

result = linkedapi.reply_to_comment.result(workflow.workflow_id)

linkedin comment reply \
  "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)" \
  'Thanks for sharing your thoughts!'

Completion:

json

{
  "actionType": "st.replyToComment",
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "commentUrn": "urn:li:comment:(urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789,1122334455)",
    "commentUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(1122334455%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)"
  }
}

Engaging with all comments on a post

To react to or reply to every comment on a post without knowing their URLs upfront, retrieve the comments with st.retrievePostComments and iterate over them with st.doForComments. Each iterated comment can either react/reply directly, or open first with st.openComment to run several comment-scoped actions. Here's an example that likes and replies to each of the 3 most relevant comments:

Workflow:

{
  "actionType": "st.retrievePostComments",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  "limit": 3,
  "sort": "mostRelevant",
  "then": {
    "actionType": "st.doForComments",
    "then": {
      "actionType": "st.openComment",
      "then": [
        {
          "actionType": "st.reactToComment",
          "type": "celebrate"
        },
        {
          "actionType": "st.replyToComment",
          "text": "Great point, thanks for sharing!"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

const workflow = await linkedapi.customWorkflow.execute({
  actionType: "st.retrievePostComments",
  postUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  limit: 3,
  sort: "mostRelevant",
  then: {
    actionType: "st.doForComments",
    then: {
      actionType: "st.openComment",
      then: [
        { actionType: "st.reactToComment", type: "celebrate" },
        {
          actionType: "st.replyToComment",
          text: "Great point, thanks for sharing!"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
});

const { data, errors } = await linkedapi.customWorkflow.result(workflow.workflowId);

workflow = linkedapi.custom_workflow.execute(
    {
        "actionType": "st.retrievePostComments",
        "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
        "limit": 3,
        "sort": "mostRelevant",
        "then": {
            "actionType": "st.doForComments",
            "then": {
                "actionType": "st.openComment",
                "then": [
                    {"actionType": "st.reactToComment", "type": "celebrate"},
                    {
                        "actionType": "st.replyToComment",
                        "text": "Great point, thanks for sharing!",
                    },
                ],
            },
        },
    }
)

result = linkedapi.custom_workflow.result(workflow.workflow_id)

linkedin workflow run <<'EOF'
{
  "actionType": "st.retrievePostComments",
  "postUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/post1",
  "limit": 3,
  "sort": "mostRelevant",
  "then": {
    "actionType": "st.doForComments",
    "then": {
      "actionType": "st.openComment",
      "then": [
        {
          "actionType": "st.reactToComment",
          "type": "celebrate"
        },
        {
          "actionType": "st.replyToComment",
          "text": "Great point, thanks for sharing!"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
EOF

Completion:

json

{
  "actionType": "st.retrievePostComments",
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      ...
      "then": {
        "actionType": "st.openComment",
        "success": true,
        "data": {
          "commentUrn": "urn:li:comment:(urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789,9876543210)",
          "commentUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(9876543210%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)",
          "then": [
            {
              "actionType": "st.reactToComment",
              "success": true
            },
            {
              "actionType": "st.replyToComment",
              "success": true,
              "data": {
                "commentUrn": "urn:li:comment:(urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789,1122334455)",
                "commentUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:1234567890123456789/?dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A(1122334455%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A1234567890123456789)"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

This page provides examples of workflows and their completions. For detailed documentation on constraints, parameters, and possible results of specific actions, always refer to the corresponding action documentation pages.

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