acceptConnectionRequest

This method allows you to accept an incoming connection request from a person.

typescript

try {
  const workflow = await linkedapi.acceptConnectionRequest.execute({
    personUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe",
  });

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

  // The list of possible execution errors is below
  if (errors && errors.length > 0) {
    console.warn("Workflow completed with execution errors:");
    errors.forEach((error) => {
      console.warn(` - Type: ${error.type}, Message: ${error.message}`);
    });
  } else {
    console.log("Connection request accepted successfully.");
  }
} catch (e) {
  // A list of all critical errors can be found here:
  // https://linkedapi.io/sdks/handling-results-and-errors/#handling-critical-errors
  if (e instanceof LinkedApiError) {
    console.error(`Critical Error - Type: ${e.type}, Message: ${e.message}`);
  } else {
    console.error("An unexpected, non-API error occurred:", e);
  }
}

python

from linkedapi import AcceptConnectionRequestParams, LinkedApiError

try:
    workflow = linkedapi.accept_connection_request.execute(
        AcceptConnectionRequestParams(
            person_url="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe",
        )
    )

    result = linkedapi.accept_connection_request.result(workflow.workflow_id)
    errors = result.errors

    # The list of possible execution errors is below
    if errors:
        print("Workflow completed with execution errors:")
        for error in errors:
            print(f" - Type: {error.type}, Message: {error.message}")
    else:
        print("Connection request accepted successfully.")
except LinkedApiError as e:
    # A list of all critical errors can be found here:
    # https://linkedapi.io/sdks/handling-results-and-errors/#handling-critical-errors
    print(f"Critical Error - Type: {e.type}, Message: {e.message}")
except Exception as error:
    print("An unexpected, non-API error occurred:", error)

Params

personUrl – public or hashed LinkedIn URL of the person whose connection request you want to accept.

Data

The method doesn't return any data.

Errors

personNotFound – provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn person.
selfProfileNotAllowed – action cannot be performed on your own profile.
alreadyConnected – your LinkedIn account is already connected with this person.
noPendingRequest – there is no incoming connection request from this person.

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