LinkedIn r_liteprofile doesn't give the public url and profile picture

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LinkedIn made some changes in their V2 API for receiving User data.

I set my scope to r_liteprofile and use the /v2/me endpoint.

What I added is this: me?projection=(id,firstName,lastName). This gets me the given basic profile details.

But what I also want is:

  • LinkedIn public URL
  • ProfilePhoto in URL

That can be done with r_basicprofile, but I cannot figure out how to apply for this "basis" profile information.

Any help?

Or can I fetch the Linkedin Public URL and Profile Photo based on the ID the r_liteprofile returns?

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1 Answers

ProfilePhoto URL

This one is easy. Just use a profilePicture.displayImage argument in your projection as below. It will provide the full info about a picture:

https://api.linkedin.com/v2/me?projection=(profilePicture(displayImage~:playableStreams))

The output looks similar to this - that's an output for my user:

{
   "profilePicture":{
      "displayImage":"urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg",
      "displayImage~":{
         "paging":{
            "count":10,
            "start":0,
            "links":[
               
            ]
         },
         "elements":[
            {
               "artifact":"urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifact:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100)",
               "authorizationMethod":"PUBLIC",
               "data":{
                  "com.linkedin.digitalmedia.mediaartifact.StillImage":{
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "rawCodecSpec":{
                        "name":"jpeg",
                        "type":"image"
                     },
                     "displaySize":{
                        "width":100.0,
                        "uom":"PX",
                        "height":100.0
                     },
                     "storageSize":{
                        "width":100,
                        "height":100
                     },
                     "storageAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1.0,
                        "heightAspect":1.0,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     },
                     "displayAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1.0,
                        "heightAspect":1.0,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     }
                  }
               },
               "identifiers":[
                  {
                     "identifier":"https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100/0/1612809737178?e=1622678400&v=beta&t=NCZOUXQokOyX5GN98uI2b4P90hg8h0QPgWQkq3qGLM",
                     "index":0,
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "file":"urn:li:digitalmediaFile:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_100_100,0)",
                     "identifierType":"EXTERNAL_URL",
                     "identifierExpiresInSeconds":1622678400
                  }
               ]
            },
            {
               "artifact":"urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifact:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200)",
               "authorizationMethod":"PUBLIC",
               "data":{
                  "com.linkedin.digitalmedia.mediaartifact.StillImage":{
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "rawCodecSpec":{
                        "name":"jpeg",
                        "type":"image"
                     },
                     "displaySize":{
                        "width":200.0,
                        "uom":"PX",
                        "height":200.0
                     },
                     "storageSize":{
                        "width":200,
                        "height":200
                     },
                     "storageAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1.0,
                        "heightAspect":1.0,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     },
                     "displayAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1.0,
                        "heightAspect":1.0,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     }
                  }
               },
               "identifiers":[
                  {
                     "identifier":"https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/0/1612809737178?e=1622678400&v=beta&t=EQsuIgcg7fE7eyjNbKdTQN5Iq29WogIii_B_ABusiDw",
                     "index":0,
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "file":"urn:li:digitalmediaFile:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200,0)",
                     "identifierType":"EXTERNAL_URL",
                     "identifierExpiresInSeconds":1622678400
                  }
               ]
            },
            {
               "artifact":"urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifact:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400)",
               "authorizationMethod":"PUBLIC",
               "data":{
                  "com.linkedin.digitalmedia.mediaartifact.StillImage":{
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "rawCodecSpec":{
                        "name":"jpeg",
                        "type":"image"
                     },
                     "displaySize":{
                        "width":400.0,
                        "uom":"PX",
                        "height":400.0
                     },
                     "storageSize":{
                        "width":400,
                        "height":400
                     },
                     "storageAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1.0,
                        "heightAspect":1.0,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     },
                     "displayAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1.0,
                        "heightAspect":1.0,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     }
                  }
               },
               "identifiers":[
                  {
                     "identifier":"https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400/0/1612809737178?e=1622678400&v=beta&t=9O2L6z2RprkxuHbcwvZk6Y9oy4tb0qerQ538BD6-VR4",
                     "index":0,
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "file":"urn:li:digitalmediaFile:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_400_400,0)",
                     "identifierType":"EXTERNAL_URL",
                     "identifierExpiresInSeconds":1622678400
                  }
               ]
            },
            {
               "artifact":"urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifact:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800)",
               "authorizationMethod":"PUBLIC",
               "data":{
                  "com.linkedin.digitalmedia.mediaartifact.StillImage":{
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "rawCodecSpec":{
                        "name":"jpeg",
                        "type":"image"
                     },
                     "displaySize":{
                        "width":800.0,
                        "uom":"PX",
                        "height":800.0
                     },
                     "storageSize":{
                        "width":800,
                        "height":800
                     },
                     "storageAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1.0,
                        "heightAspect":1.0,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     },
                     "displayAspectRatio":{
                        "widthAspect":1.0,
                        "heightAspect":1.0,
                        "formatted":"1.00:1.00"
                     }
                  }
               },
               "identifiers":[
                  {
                     "identifier":"https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1612809737178?e=1622678400&v=beta&t=4QtK4xiiTWkui0HtL1YDF22sXurosKWdXTUOzw0TxiY",
                     "index":0,
                     "mediaType":"image/jpeg",
                     "file":"urn:li:digitalmediaFile:(urn:li:digitalmediaAsset:C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg,urn:li:digitalmediaMediaArtifactClass:profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800,0)",
                     "identifierType":"EXTERNAL_URL",
                     "identifierExpiresInSeconds":1622678400
                  }
               ]
            }
         ]
      }
   }
}

Profile photo urls can be found next to each identifier element.

For example, here's one of the urls:

"identifier":"https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E03AQELiWnd6svKQg/profile-displayphoto-shrink_800_800/0/1612809737178?e=1622678400&v=beta&t=4QtK4xiiTWkui0HtL1YDF22sXurosKWdXTUOzw0TxiY"

LinkedIn Public URL

This is basically a vanityName attribute as written in the documentation here:

vanityName The vanity name of the member. Vanity name is represented as a string is used for the public profile URL: www.linkedin.com/in/{vanityName}.

However, as stated in the documentation, only a limited number of information can be retrieved with r_liteprofile

By default, only the Lite Profile Fields are returned for a profile request.

For a list of lite profile fields, please check this page. However, if you check it, you will find out that vanityName or the profile url is not included there. To have additional permissions, you have to request them as stated in the doc:

To request more or less fields, you must have additional permissions that are only granted to select partners.

So, you have to be a select partner to get it.

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