Getting 401 error in Linkedin search Api

Question

I am getting error 401 when i trying to use the search api( http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people-search :) provided by the Linkedin. I am successfully able to login in Linkedin by using oauth2 rest api. Have anyone an idea how to do that ?

Answer 1

It looks like LinkedIn is no longer keeping this API call ( https://developer.linkedin.com/support/developer-program-transition ):

API availability After the grace period expires, several REST API endpoints will no longer be available for general use. The following endpoints are the only ones that will remain available for use:

• Profile API — /v1/people/~

• Share API — /v1/people/~/shares

• Companies API — /v1/companies/{id}

Here you will find the valid API calls https://developer.linkedin.com/docs/signin-with-linkedin

If your code has the properly auth you could use it:

Once you have obtained a valid access token for the user, you can use the following REST API call to retrieve basic profile data for the user:

https://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~?format=json

I hope this can help you.