LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network on the internet. You can use LinkedIn to find the right job or internship, connect and strengthen professional relationships, and learn the skills you need to succeed in your career. You can access LinkedIn from a desktop, LinkedIn mobile app, mobile web experience, or the LinkedIn Lite Android mobile app. For more information on LinkedIn, see the company website.
In the context of Nintex Automation Cloud, LinkedIn is a connector A software component that allows seamless integration with third-party services, business applications, and content stores. Examples include Salesforce, Box, and Microsoft SharePoint. Connectors are used to create connections required for workflow actions and start events. that's used to create connections for LinkedIn actions A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process.. Use LinkedIn actions to get user details and create posts.
Create a LinkedIn connection
Note: Your browser-stored credentials are accessed to create connections. Either clear credentials from browser memory or make sure the stored credentials are for the intended environment.
Create a connection from the connections page or from the action configuration panel when configuring the action. For information about creating connections and assigning permissions, see Manage connections.
LinkedIn account requirements
- The account you use to create a connection for LinkedIn is the account that has access to the LinkedIn actions.
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This connector uses OAuth. You must have a LinkedIn account before creating the connection.