@joelethan/linkedin-oauth2 v0.0.5

linkedin-oauth2

A simple and well documented LinkedIn OAuth2 package.

Install

npm i @joelethan/linkedin-oauth2

Usage

Code

import { linkedInMiddleware, callbackMiddleware } from "@joelethan/linkedin-oauth2";

app.get('/redirecturl', redirectMiddleware)

app.get('/linkedin', linkedInMiddleware, (req, res) =>{
    const profile = req.query.profile;
    User.findOrCreate({email: profile.email}, (error, user)=> {
        // do something with user
    });

Variables

linkedinRedirectUrl
LINKEDIN_KEY
LINKEDIN_SECRET

The above three variables must be set for authentication to work. The linkedinRedirectUrl is setup as shown in the snipet below while the other two variables correspond to the Client_ID and Client_Secret from the app created at Linkedin developers

Requested for authorization code.

GET https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization?response_type=code&client_id=LINKEDIN_KEY&redirect_uri=linkedinRedirectUrl&state=DCEeFWf45A53sdfKef424&scope=r_liteprofile%20r_emailaddress%20w_member_social

Once redirected to the Linkedin login page, Enter credentials to recieve an access_token.

Copy the access_token and pass it as a query parameter as below

http://localhost:8080/linkedin?access_token=AQXZ84hgiJjlB2ka61WrVbNTB74tUKv3gHZ

For more clarity on the LinkedIn API Configuration, read this

Issue Reporting

If you have found a bug or bump into difficulty, please report them at this repository issues section.

Author

Joel Katusiime