linkedin-exchange-tokens
A simple function to exchange the short-lived OAuth2 token provided by the LinkedIn JSAPI to a long-lived OAuth token that can be used by the server to make REST api calls.
This mechanism is described in this linked-in documentation
This module also has a way to make REST API calls to linked in though that can be done using other modules as well.
Install
npm install linkedin-exchange-tokens
Usage
var exchangeTokens = ; var options = 'public': 'Your Linked In API Key' 'secret': 'Your Linked In API Secret' ; // now assume your browser JS code calls the server with its OAuth2 token // alternatively, this could be from OAuth2 passportjs flow var oauth2Token = '<token from browser JSAPI: for example: IN.ENV.auth.oauth_token>';
You can also make REST calls with this API using OAuth1.0 tokens.
var exchangeTokens = ; var options = 'public': 'Your Linked In API Key' 'secret': 'Your Linked In API Secret' ; // assume you have saved the tokenInfo from the previous example // into the database and want to use it to make REST calls later exchangeTokens ;
Environment variables
You can pass the linked in API key and secret via environment variables instead of via the options parameter.
- LIN_API_KEY -- set this to the public API key
- LIN_API_SECRET -- set this to the API secret