Updating profiles with the LinkedIn REST API

Question

Is it possible to update a profile's Education, Specialities and/or Experience via the LinkedIn API?

I am able to make normal GET calls just fine.

I ask here because documentation on their website is not yielding any results and Stackoverflow would have more practical experience with it.

EDIT: Further searching has led me to find that this is indeed not possible. I will leave this question up for others to see in case they are wondering about the same thing.

Valorie

Answer 1

You cannot write data to LinkedIn profile via our API. You can only GET the profile, not POST or PUT or DELETE it.

Mastic

Is this still the case in 2016? – Holdall

@Holdall I believe so, unless you use some undocumented APIs. – Protege

Answer 2

In the newer API's you can. Here is the latest API link: https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/guide/v2/people/profile-edit-api

So, yes, now you can.

Joanne

A standard linkedin account cannot access this link. Can you please provide further information? Maybe how to get the appropriate account permissions? – Iconoclasm

Clearly, this is limited to developers with access to the Profile Edit API, which is impossible to get. So no, you cannot. – Purpleness