Creating a LinkedIn App and OAuth credentials
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Navigate to your LinkedIn Developer Network page and log in with your LinkedIn account credentials.
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Navigate to the My Apps page and choose Create Application to create a new LinkedIn App.
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Enter the following details into the app registration form:
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Company Name – Select an existing company or create a new company.
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Name – Enter the application name.
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Description – Enter the application description.
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Application Logo – Select an image file as your application logo.
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Application Use – Select the use of your application.
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Website URL – Enter the websiute URL that contains detailed information about your application.
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Business Email – Enter your business email address.
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Business Phone – Enter your business phone number.
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LinkedIn API Terms of Use – Read and agree.
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Upon completion of the app registration form, choose Submit.
You will be redirected to the Authentication page, where the Authentication Keys (Client ID and Client Secret) and other relevant details will be displayed.
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If your web application requires access to the user's email address from their LinkedIn account, select the
r_emailaddress
permission. Additionally, you can specify Authorized Redirect URLs for your LinkedIn application.
Creating a page in LinkedIn account
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Navigate to LinkedIn Developer Products
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At the upper-right corner of the LinkedIn Developer Products page, select My apps.
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At the upper-right corner of the My apps page, select Create app.
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On the Create an app page, enter your app name in the App name field.
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In the LinkedIn Page field, enter your company page name or URL.
Note
If you don’t have a LinkedIn Page, you can create one by selecting Create a new LinkedIn.
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In the Privacy policy URL field, enter your privacy policy URL.
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Choose Upload a logo to upload an image that is to be displayed to users when they authorize with your app.
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In the Legal agreement section, select I have read and agree to these terms.
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Choose Create app.
Your new app will be created and will be available under the My apps tab.
Publishing campaign ads in LinkedIn
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Log in to Campaign Manager.
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Select an existing Campaign Group, or choose Create to create a new one.
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Select your objective.
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Select your group, budget, and schedule.
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Build your target audience.
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Select your ad format.
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Select your budget and schedule.
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Set up your ad(s).
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Review and Launch.