1. BUILDING WITH
LINKEDIN API
Pains, constraints and data

2. JUST READ THE
http://

3. BORING STUFF
Request API Keys (You want 2

4. 2 APIS
Javascript and Rest

5. JAVASCRIPT API
• Easier
to respect
• Good the TOS ;-)
• Comeswith
templates and • Less good
tags
• Client-side

6. REST API
• Good • Less good
• Server-side • Need to know the
API
• Need to build
everything

7. BEST OF BOTH
You can exchange token from an API to
the other says Sarah.

8. REQUIRES USER AUTH
You can only call the API through an

9. POWER TO THE API
• Profile API: Standard vs Public
• Profile fields: So many it’s insane.
• Connections API: Usually way enough
info.
• People Search: The Power of facets.
• Groups API, Social stream, Invitation
(friend-only)
• Jobs API: Bookmarks and suggestions.

10. NO EMAILS
E-mail addresses are never exposed

11. PLAY BY THE
HOFFMAN RULES
• NoLinkedIn data can be stored (except profiles if
explicit)
• Data
from one user's LinkedIn account/network
may not be exposed to another user
• Youcannot use the APIs in conjunction with data
scraped by you or other third parties from
LinkedIn

12. FACETS
http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(facets:(code,buckets:
(code,name)))?facets=location
<people-search>
<facets total="1">
<facet>
<name>Location</name>
<code>location</code>
<buckets total="5">
<bucket>
<name>United States</name>
<code>us:0</code>
</bucket>
<bucket>
<name>San Francisco Bay Area</name>
<code>us:84</code>
</bucket>
<bucket>
<name>France</name>
<code>fr:0</code>
</bucket>
...
</buckets>
</facet>

13. LIST OF FACETS
• Location
• Industry
• Network
• Language
• Current company
• Past company
• School

14. FACETED SEARCH
• http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search:(facets:(code,buckets:
(code,name,count)))?
facets=location,network&facet=location,us:
84&facet=network,F

15. CONSOLES
• https://apigee.com/console/linkedin
• developer.linkedinlabs.com/jsapi-console/

16. TIPS
• Read the TOS
• Read the docs
• Expect weird return type (private??)
• Expect undocumented errors
• Monitor your usage

17. ANY QUESTIONS?
My email is