Linkedin Sign-in Playground
This is a simple flask app that shows how linkedin authentication and
get_profile endpoint works.
This was made for educational purpuses, DO NOT use this in production, I know it looks good, but this wasn't made with that in mind.
How to use this?
How to install
Pre-requisites
- You need a Linkedin account in order to:
- Create an app in order to:
- Get
CONSUMER_KEYand theCONSUMER_SECRET - NOTE: As the return url for oauth, this app expects it to be
http://localhost:8000/login
Once you have that:
$ git clone # this repo
$ mkvirtualenv linkedin_signin
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Then pick your poison.
In the browser (Recommended)
# Make sure you have all the environment variables you need:
# CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET
$ python app.py
# Open your browser http://localhost:8000 and follow the steps :)
In the console
# Make sure you have all the environment variables you need:
# CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET
$ python linkedin_auth.py
# This will open your browser with a page so you can input your linkedin
# credentials, after that you will be redirected to a url that hopefully
# returns a 404, copy the value of the GET parameter "code" and paste in
# the console (the script will prompt you for it).
# After that, an access_token will be spit out, copy that and use it as
# the environment variable ACCESS_TOKEN and run the next script:
$ python linkedin_get_profile
Note: The output will be in json, so feel free to use a tool to pretty print it.