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Standard Interface

sendMessage

This method allows you to send a message to a person.


try {
  const workflowId = await linkedapi.sendMessage.execute({
    personUrl: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-doe",
    text: "Hi John! How are you?"
  });
  
  const { errors } = await linkedapi.sendMessage.result(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('Message sent 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 SDK is coming soon!
#
# You can always use Linked API through HTTP
# https://linkedapi.io/docs/


// Go SDK is coming soon!
//
// You can always use Linked API through HTTP
// https://linkedapi.io/docs/

Params

  • personUrl – public or hashed LinkedIn URL of the person you want to send a message to.
  • text – message text, must be up to 1900 characters.

Data

The method doesn't return any data.

Errors

  • personNotFound – provided URL is not an existing LinkedIn person.
  • messagingNotAllowed – sending a message to the person is not allowed. This could happen for several reasons:
    • You are not connected to the person.
    • LinkedIn has restricted your ability to send messages to the person, for example, due to reaching message limits or the person’s privacy settings.