Hey there, fellow Go enthusiast! Ready to supercharge your app with LinkedIn's professional network? You're in the right place. We're going to dive into building a LinkedIn API integration using Go and the awesome knetic0/golinkedin
package. Buckle up!
Before we jump in, make sure you've got:
Let's get our hands dirty:
Fire up your terminal and create a new Go project:
mkdir linkedin-integration && cd linkedin-integration go mod init github.com/yourusername/linkedin-integration
Install the knetic0/golinkedin
package:
go get github.com/knetic0/golinkedin
Time to make friends with LinkedIn's API:
import "github.com/knetic0/golinkedin" // Set up your OAuth 2.0 config config := &oauth2.Config{ ClientID: "your-client-id", ClientSecret: "your-client-secret", RedirectURL: "your-redirect-url", Scopes: []string{"r_liteprofile", "w_member_social"}, Endpoint: linkedin.Endpoint, } // Get the authentication URL authURL := config.AuthCodeURL("state", oauth2.AccessTypeOffline) // After user authorizes, exchange the code for a token token, err := config.Exchange(context.Background(), "authorization-code") if err != nil { // Handle error }
Now that we're in, let's start making some noise:
// Initialize the LinkedIn client client := linkedin.NewClient(token.AccessToken) // Fetch user profile profile, err := client.GetProfile() if err != nil { // Handle error } // Post an update err = client.ShareUpdate("Check out this cool Go integration!") if err != nil { // Handle error } // Search for connections connections, err := client.SearchPeople("software engineer") if err != nil { // Handle error }
LinkedIn's gonna talk back, so let's listen:
// Parsing JSON responses var profileData map[string]interface{} json.Unmarshal([]byte(profile), &profileData) // Error handling if err != nil { switch e := err.(type) { case *linkedin.ErrorResponse: fmt.Printf("LinkedIn API error: %s\n", e.Message) default: fmt.Printf("Error: %v\n", err) } }
Don't be that person who hammers the API:
Let's make sure this baby purrs:
func TestGetProfile(t *testing.T) { client := linkedin.NewClient("test-token") profile, err := client.GetProfile() assert.NoError(t, err) assert.Contains(t, profile, "firstName") }
Debugging tip: Use fmt.Printf()
liberally. It's your best friend when things go sideways.
And there you have it! You've just built a LinkedIn API integration in Go. Pretty cool, right? Remember, this is just the tip of the iceberg. There's so much more you can do with LinkedIn's API and the knetic0/golinkedin
package.
Keep exploring, keep coding, and most importantly, have fun with it! If you want to dive deeper, check out the LinkedIn API documentation and the knetic0/golinkedin GitHub repo.
Now go forth and connect the world with your awesome Go skills!