Any queries to the api.linkedin.com/v2/ return "Not enough permissions to access ..."

Asked 26/10, 2017 at 17:31 Answered 8/11, 2019 at 11:5

I got the Access Token (with scope: r_basicprofile rw_company_admin w_share) using the Client ID, Client Secret at following URLs:
- https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/authorization
- https://www.linkedin.com/oauth/v2/accessToken

Make request to the https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me endpoint

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN"
    -H "Accept: application/json"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -H "X-Restli-Protocol-Version: 2.0.0" https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me

Get response:

{
    "serviceErrorCode": 100,
    "message": "Not enough permissions to access /me GET ",
    "status": 403
}

Similar erroneous responses are returned to any requests for https://api.linkedin.com/v2/

In official documentation there is difference requirements to headers:

But I tried both, and nothing worked.

Requests to the https://api.linkedin.com/v1/ (using the same token) successfully return data.

Please, tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Rotenone answered 26/10, 2017 at 17:31 Comment(8)

this may help you - github.com/Happyr/LinkedIn-API-client – Holding 26/10, 2017 at 17:34

Thank you for your help, but this API-client doesn't solve my problem (I successfully authorized by /v2/ endpoint). The problem is that any requests for /v2/ to receive data (excluding authorization requests) are returned with an error. – Rotenone 27/10, 2017 at 9:34

Did you find any solution to this - I am experiencing the same error. – Geezer 2/11, 2017 at 10:56

Sorry. No news yet. – Rotenone 7/11, 2017 at 8:35

Hi, I also made some tests and same error (403). Should we need to ask Linkedin to authorize API V2 for our application? – Equation 7/11, 2017 at 14:24

I am having the same problem. OAuth completes fine, every and any v2 calls return the error below. I am beginning to think that the LinkedIn API v2 broken... Anyone figured this out? { "serviceErrorCode": 100, "message": "Not enough permissions to access /me GET ", "status": 403 } – Reconnoiter 12/11, 2017 at 4:34

@Reconnoiter If you already have an application using the v1 API, you can try to use r_liteprofile instead of r_basicprofile (see learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/consumer/integrations/…, especially where it says r_liteprofile (replaces r_basicprofile)). – Onieonion 15/1, 2019 at 12:49

i have the same problem – Jurisconsult 24/4, 2019 at 14:56

You need to request permissions from LinkedIn.

Now all requests to api.linkedin.com/v2/ successfully pass to me!

We received permissions (r_ad_campaigns and rw_organization) after request offer by address https://business.linkedin.com/marketing-solutions/marketing-partners/become-a-partner/marketing-developer-program

Leave a request at the address below and LinkedIn will answer you.

Good luck!

Rotenone answered 14/11, 2017 at 9:6 Comment(10)

We are already partners and having the permissions : r_basicprofile r_contactinfo r_emailaddress r_fullprofile r_network rw_company_admin rw_groups rw_nus w_messages w_share Is this enough to call v2 api? I'm having the exact 403 issue above. – Bannerman 20/3, 2018 at 12:0

Permission r_ad_campaigns and rw_organization is required to access /v2/me? – Galatea 4/7, 2018 at 16:48

According to the documentation (developer.linkedin.com/docs/guide/v2/people/profile-api#usage), rights r_ad_campaigns and rw_organization are not required to access /v2/me. But maybe it's worth writing to technical support of LinkedIn. – Rotenone 9/7, 2018 at 8:39

@Pavel Timofeev, I am facing same sort of issue. Please let me know if its resolved after getting permissions r_ad_campaigns and rw_organization – Ayeaye 14/1, 2019 at 13:19

@Bannerman did you solve the issue? do we have to once again apply for the "marketing developer program"? – Reversal 11/2, 2019 at 10:22

@DeviOS Now you will only have access to r_liteprofile permissions by default. That is sufficient to have the v2/me response. But for maintining the basic profile and full profile fields you will need more permissions from linkedin, ony available upon Linkedin approval. – Bannerman 12/2, 2019 at 11:10

@Bannerman my application is an old one, we have already got approval earlier like some years back. so do we need to get approval again from linkedin? – Reversal 12/2, 2019 at 12:51

@DeviOS According to this : learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/consumer/integrations/…, you do. – Bannerman 13/2, 2019 at 15:57

I have been approved in the developer program, I have the rw_company_admin permission. When I do my research, they say I need r_organization_social or rw_organization but I get unauthorized_scope_error. Is there a setting I need to change on my app? – Ay 14/8, 2019 at 14:5

@SbonisoMarcusNzimande Do you have "rw_organization_admin", "r_organization_social" and "r_member_social" permissions at your App's settings page? linkedin.com/developers/apps{YOUR_APP_ID}/auth If not, you need to apply for the "marketing developer program" – Rotenone 16/8, 2019 at 11:54

Use r_liteprofile instead of r_basicprofile during the first step of Authorization. This will solve your issue.

Delusive answered 6/2, 2019 at 6:1 Comment(1)

@Vijay in v2 you need permission for r_basicprofile – Cymene 25/2, 2019 at 7:43

API access changed and what you received with only 1 API call, now has to be rewritten to make multiple API calls

Before, using scope "r_basicprofile, r_emailaddress" you could get

User basic info as name, location etc
LinkedIn user profile URL
Email
Avatar image

Now you can use "r_basicprofile" that will get you user LinkedIn public URL only if you are in a partner program, and it is not easy to get in!

If you want to get access_token which you can use to get basic profile info + email, now you have to request it with a scope "r_liteprofile,r_emailaddress"

and use this 3 API calls to get all the details, unfortunately without Linkedin public URL (if anyone knows how to get this, please comment so I can modify the answer)

profile info - https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me
email - https://api.linkedin.com/v2/clientAwareMemberHandles?q=members&projection=(elements*(primary,type,handle~))
profile image - https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me?projection=(id,profilePicture(displayImage~:playableStreams))
public profile URL - not possible!

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Use this link for retrival description

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linkedin/shared/authentication/client-credentials-flow?context=linkedin/consumer/context

Ganof answered 8/11, 2019 at 11:5 Comment(2)

I want to get the r_basicprofile and tried it many ways but not getting the correct solution yet! have you got any solution? – Dortheydorthy 4/12, 2019 at 7:58

In their official doc today, they say you can get profile url via vanityName from basic profile result ie GET /v2/userinfo – Sorce 7/9, 2023 at 1:39

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