LinkedIn API v2 how to use r_basicprofile for fields?

Question

It's January 2019. I'm migrating to LinkedIn API v2, as LinkedIn requires. My app has set up && been granted (by user clicks) these permissions shown in this picture. The simplest API call is GET "/v2/me" with no extra query string, which returns data in this shape:

"{\"lastName\":{\"localized\":{\"en_US\":\"Jobs\"},\"preferredLocale\":{\"country\":\"US\",\"language\":\"en\"}},\"firstName\":{\"localized\":{\"en_US\":\"Steve\"},\"preferredLocale\":{\"country\":\"US\",\"language\":\"en\"}},\"profilePicture\":{\"displayImage\":\"urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:X9999XXXX5-XXx9-bye\"},\"id\":\"XyyyyXXXXX\"}"

But I wish to ask for more fields (all of which are allowed once I have r_basicprofile as mentioned https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/ref/v2/profile/basic-profile) by GET "/v2/me?fields=id,firstName,lastName,headline,profilePicture", but received:

"{\"serviceErrorCode\":100,\"message\":\"not enough permissions to access field headline for GET /me\",\"status\":403}"

Indeed https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/guide/v2/people/profile-api did NOT say /v2/me can have query string like ?fields=id,firstName,lastName,headline,profilePicture. If this query string is not allowed right now. what am I benefiting from r_basicprofile?

I have also tried GET "/v2/people/(id:{person ID})", which got

"{\"serviceErrorCode\":100,\"message\":\"Not enough permissions to access: GET /people/(id:XyyyyXXXXX)\",\"status\":403}"

Molly

This is tricky but I think learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/consumer/integrations/… states that r_basicprofile should no longer be used in API v2. The r_liteprofile is replacing it; r_liteprofile gives way fewer fields. – Molly

Answer 1

Before 1st March You have to Move in V2 r_basicprofile is there because you can use this with V1 till 1st march after that this will automatically deleted

in V2 you have to use :

r_liteprofile for firstName,lastName,profilePicture,id - https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me?projection=(id,firstName,lastName,profilePicture(displayImage~:playableStreams))

r_emailaddress for getting emailAddress - https://api.linkedin.com/v2/emailAddress?q=members&projection=(elements*(handle~))

Ume

Where do you see in the documentation that r_basicprofile can't be used in V2 of API? I'm not saying you're wrong, I just can't find that mentioned in docs anywhere. – Wabble

Never mind I see it now! If you have access to partner program you can still use r_basicprofile but otherwise you're correct you need to use r_liteprofile – Wabble

Yes, You are correct at many place i already written for using r_basicprofile you have to take permission from linkedin. I mean need to access partnership program. – Ume

So today it is 6th March 2019 and we still have the r_basicprofile permission. So if we cant use v1 anymore, why is r_basicprofile permission still there? Where does your information, that the permission should have been automatically deleted, come from? – Trisomic

Here they've documented that one needs to "have applied and been approved for a LinkedIn Partner Program": learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/shared/references/v2/… – Nilotic

what about the headline? – Quebec

Answer 2

From the documentation, in addition to updating your scope to r_liteprofile, you would have to change the API endpoint from people/~:(id,firstName,lastName) to me?projection=(id,firstName,lastName) to get the basic profile details.

Luker