LinkedIn - Create a URL post

Use the LinkedIn - Create a URL post action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to post a URL link to a user's LinkedIn page. This is useful for posting news links, links to courses, and other content, to a LinkedIn profile.

For more information about the LinkedIn connector, go to LinkedIn.

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Configure the LinkedIn - Create a URL post action

  1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  2. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.

  1. Select LinkedIn User ID of the person you're posting a URL post.

  2. Specify the URL link to post.

  3. Specify a Description for the link.

  4. Select an options for the Visible to connections only property.

LinkedIn - Create a URL post action fields and settings

Section

Field

Description

Variable types

(Unlabeled)

Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The LinkedIn connection to use to create a content post.

To refresh the available connections, click .

(n/a)
  User ID

The unique identifier of the person whose LinkedIn page will be posted to.

You can use the output object of a LinkedIn - Get user details action to retrieve the user ID.
 Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Content URL

The web site URL link of the LinkedIn post.

 Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Description The text description of the post where you describe what the URL content is. Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Visible to connections only Set this to Yes to make this post visible only to those connected to the user, or to No to make it visible to everyone. Boolean
Output Post details

Stores the result of the action as an object. See LinkedIn - Share API for information on these values.

The following values are returned:

  • ID: (Text)
  • Owner: (Text)
  • Activity: (Text)
  • Content: (Object)
    • Content entities: (Collection)
      • URL (Text)
    • Share media category: (Text)
  • Share: (Object)
    • Description: (Text)
  • Created: (Object)
    • Actor: (Text)
    • Time: (Integer)
  • Edited: (Boolean)
  • Last modified: (Object)
    • Actor: (Text)
    • Time: (Integer)
  • Distribution: (Object)
    • LinkedIn distribution target: (Object)
      • Connections only: (Boolean)
 Object