sendMessage
This method allows you to send a message to a person.
typescript
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);
}
}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.selfProfileNotAllowed– action cannot be performed on your own profile.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.