chrome-linkedin-oauth

chrome-linkedin-oauth demonstrates how to call LinkedIn APIs inside a Chrome application using OAuth2. Here is how we have implemented the auth flow:

Step 1:

Go to LinkedIn Developer Network (https://www.linkedin.com/secure/developer), create new application and generate consumer key and secret. use the callback URL in the following form: https://CHROME_APP_ID.chromiumapp.org/ANYTHING_HERE e.g. I've used this: https://nlifplmndmkebhmmbbnipoiojlmbnnio.chromiumapp.org/linkedin_callback Note: Path param ANYTHING_HERE is used to distinguish it with redirect URIs from other providers.

Step 2:

Prepare data to launch web auth flow:

var apiKey = '75h1mayvrvgg53';
var redirectUri = 'https://nlifplmndmkebhmmbbnipoiojlmbnnio.chromiumapp.org/linkedin_callback';        
var state = "sdfiugsdfhkionmdndsfjksd"; //random string

var options = {
    'interactive': true,
    url:'https://www.linkedin.com/uas/oauth2/authorization?response_type=code'
        +'&client_id='+apiKey
        +'&scope=r_basicprofile'
        +'&state='+state
        +'&redirect_uri='+redirectUri
}

Step 3:

Get the token:

chrome.identity.launchWebAuthFlow(options, function(redirect_url) {
    console.log('launchWebAuthFlow completed', chrome.runtime.lastError, redirect_url);
    processResponse(redirect_url);    
});

Response:

Copyright and License

Copyright 2014 AnujaK ([email protected])

Licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0