The linked_in gem wraps the LinkedIn API making it easy to read and write profile information and messages on linkedin.com. Full support for OAuth is provided including a wrapper for Pelle’s oauth-plugin (github.com/pelle/oauth-plugin/). This gem borrowed heavily from junemakers twitter gem (github.com/jnunemaker/twitter/).

First, authorize via oauth:

oauth = LinkedIn::OAuth.new(‘token’, ‘secret’) # => #<LinkedIn::OAuth:0x1021db048 …> oauth.request_token.authorize_url # => “api.linked_in.com/uas/oauth/authorize?oauth_token=XXXX” Visit authorization URL, authorize and copy PIN oauth.authorize_from_request(oauth.request_token.token, oauth.request_token.secret, PIN)

Finally, do stuff!

linked_in = LinkedIn::Base.new(oauth)

# currently auth’d users basic profile linked_in.profile # currently auth’d users full profile linked_in.profile(:my, :full) # current auth’d users profile, with field selectors linked_in.profile(:my, [‘first-name’, ‘last-name’])

# get a profile by public URL linked_in.profile(:url => ‘www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-brown/0/116/112’) # get a profile by ID linked_in.profile(:id => ‘12345’) # get full profile by ID linked_in.profile({:id => ‘12123’}, :full)

# get profile by ID with field selectors linked_in.profile({:id => ‘12123’}, (‘first-name’, ‘last-name’))

# currently auth’d users connections linked_in.connections

# currently auth’d users network updates linked_in.network # limit updates linked_in.network(:start => 0, :count => 20)

A few gems are required:

• forwardable

• oauth

• xml-object

You’ll also need a LinkedIn API account, which you can get here:

• developer.linked_in.com/community/apis

sudo gem install gemcutter gem tumble sudo gem install linked_in

• add support for messaging between connections (developer.linked_in.com/docs/DOC-1044)

• add support for get network updates (developer.linked_in.com/docs/DOC-1006)

• add support for search API (developer.linked_in.com/docs/DOC-1005)

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