Integrating with LinkedIn using Mule ESB LinkedIn Connector

1. Integrating with LinkedIn
using Mule ESB LinkedIn
Connector
Prepared By: Rupesh Sinha

2. Overview
 What is LinkedIn?
 Versions and Assumptions
 Configuring LinkedIn
 Configuring LinkedIn Connector
 Mule Flow for LinkedIn Authentication
 Mule Flow for retrieving linked in user profile

3. What is LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking
service
LinkedIn was founded in December 2002 and
launched on May 5, 2003
It is mainly used for professional networking
As of June 2013, LinkedIn reports more than 259
million acquired users in more than 200 countries
and territories

4. Versions and Assumptions
 In this presentation, we are using
 LinkedIn Connector 1.1.0
 Any point Studio
 Mule ESB Server 3.5.2
 To use this application in your project, you will need a LinkedIn
account for testing
 You will need to create a new LinkedIn app under LinkedIn
developer apps to be able to communicate with your LinkedIn
account from Mule ESB application
 In this presentation, we will be using OAuth2 authentication to
connect to LinkedIn using Mule ESB LinkedIn Connector

5. Configuring LinkedIn
 Go to https://www.linkedin.com/secure/developer
 Click on Add new Application
 Fill in the form and click on Add Application

6.  Make a note of the consumer key, consumer secret and the OAuth2
Redirect URL as these will be used during our Mule ESB application
configuration
 Click on Done

7. Configuring LinkedIn Connector
 Create a new Mule Application
 Click on Global Elements tab in your main flow
 Click on Create Button
 Select LinkedIn under Connector Configuration group
 Add your LinkedIn consumer key value to API Key text box
 Add your LinkedIn consumer secret value to API Secret text box
 Add “r_basicprofile,r_network” in the scope text box
 Click on Oauth tab and specify domain, local port, remote port and
Path values.
 The Oauth values should be same as what is configured in LinkedIn App
 A screen shot and sample XML configuration is shown in the next slide

9. Mule Flow for LinkedIn Authentication
 Configure a flow as shown in the below picture
 The XML configuration for this flow is given in the next slide

11.  Deploy your mule application
 Hit the following URL on the browser
http://localhost:3300/linkedinconnect
 LinkedIn will ask you to authorize your new app to connect to LinkedIn as
shown below.

12.  Provide your username and password
 Click on Allow access
 You should now see “oauth_token” and “oauth_verifier” values printed on your
browser
 Now hot the below URL
http://localhost:3300/getuser
 You should now see the user public profile details printed on your browser in
JSON format