Rlinkedin Package - Retrieving Linked profile Data Using Authorized API connection in R Program

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# setting the environment to work

>install_github("mpiccirilli/Rlinkedin")

Output:

Downloading GitHub repo mpiccirilli/Rlinkedin@master

from URL https://api.github.com/repos/mpiccirilli/Rlinkedin/zipball/master

Installing Rlinkedin

Installing 1 package: httr

Installing package into ‘C:/Users/ssn/Documents/R/win-library/3.2’

(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)

Warning: package ‘httr’ is in use and will not be installed

"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.5/bin/x64/R" --no-site-file --no-environ  \

  --no-save --no-restore --quiet CMD INSTALL  \

  "C:/Users/ssn/AppData/Local/Temp/RtmpQBDZwW/devtoolsd301a297018/mpiccirilli-Rlinkedin-4c96f7c"  \

  --library="C:/Users/ssn/Documents/R/win-library/3.2"  \

  --install-tests

* installing *source* package 'Rlinkedin' ...

** R

** preparing package for lazy loading

** help

*** installing help indices

** building package indices

** testing if installed package can be loaded

*** arch - i386

*** arch - x64

* DONE (Rlinkedin)

Reloading installed Rlinkedin

# Install Rlinkedin package and run the package

>in.auth <- inOAuth()

Output

If you've created you're own application, be sure to copy and paste the following into

 'OAuth 2.0 Redirect URLs' in the LinkedIn Application Details: http://localhost:1410

 When done, press any key to continue...

#Connect to the LinkedIn API via oAuth 2.0. we have two way to connect in the Rlinkedin package.

Method 1 : for existing API setup

This will take you to the authorisation page, enter the LinkedIn password

https://www.linkedin.com/secure/developer

app_name <- "Dinesh"

consumer_key <- "XXXXXXX"

consumer_secret <- "XXXXXX"

in.auth <- inOAuth(app_name, consumer_key, consumer_secret)

#Retrieving my profile details

my.profile <- getProfile(in.auth)

my.profile

Output

[[1]]

[[1]]$connection_id

[1] "WdwO_qHP3Y"

[[1]]$fname

[1] "Dinesh"

[[1]]$lname

[1] "Kumar.v"

[[1]]$formatted_name

[1] "Dinesh Kumar.v"

[[1]]$location

[1] "India"

[[1]]$headline

[1] "Pursuing Post Graduation certification in Business Analytics"

[[1]]$industry

[1] "Information Technology and Services"

[[1]]$num_connections

[1] "134"

[[1]]$profile_url

[1] "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dinesh-kumar-v-466a6095"

[[1]]$num_positions

[1] 0

[[1]]$positions

[1] NA