Installation, authorization

This page covers the installation and authorization process for Linked API SDKs.

Installation

To install the SDK, run following command for your package manager:

npm install -S @linkedapi/node

Authorization

To authorize your requests, you need to initialize the SDK with 2 tokens:

import LinkedApi from "@linkedapi/node";

const linkedapi = new LinkedApi({
  linkedApiToken: "your-linked-api-token",
  identificationToken: "your-identification-token",
});

from linkedapi import LinkedApi, LinkedApiConfig

linkedapi = LinkedApi(
    LinkedApiConfig(
        linked_api_token="your-linked-api-token",
        identification_token="your-identification-token",
    )
)

linkedApiToken – your main token that enables overall Linked API access.
identificationToken – unique token specific to each managed LinkedIn account.

You can obtain these tokens through our platform, as demonstrated below:

Admin API

To manage your subscription, accounts, and limits programmatically, use the separate LinkedApiAdmin class. It requires only the linkedApiToken:

import { LinkedApiAdmin } from '@linkedapi/node';

const admin = new LinkedApiAdmin({
  linkedApiToken: 'your-linked-api-token',
});

const status = await admin.subscription.getStatus();
const { accounts } = await admin.accounts.getAll();

from linkedapi import LinkedApiAdmin, AdminConfig

admin = LinkedApiAdmin(
    AdminConfig(linked_api_token="your-linked-api-token")
)

status = admin.subscription.get_status()
accounts = admin.accounts.get_all().accounts

Every admin endpoint, with its call in the Node and Python tabs, is in the Admin API.

Multiple LinkedIn accounts

If you need to manage multiple LinkedIn accounts, simply initialize a separate SDK instance for each account's identification token.

import LinkedApi from "@linkedapi/node";

const firstLinkedInAccount = new LinkedApi({
  linkedApiToken: "your-linked-api-token",
  identificationToken: "your-first-identification-token",
});

const secondLinkedInAccount = new LinkedApi({
  linkedApiToken: "your-linked-api-token",
  identificationToken: "your-second-identification-token",
});

from linkedapi import LinkedApi, LinkedApiConfig

first_linkedin_account = LinkedApi(
    LinkedApiConfig(
        linked_api_token="your-linked-api-token",
        identification_token="your-first-identification-token",
    )
)

second_linkedin_account = LinkedApi(
    LinkedApiConfig(
        linked_api_token="your-linked-api-token",
        identification_token="your-second-identification-token",
    )
)

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