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"Access to posting shares denied" error when posting public messages using the linkedin api


I am trying send out messages using the linkedin ruby api to the API end point : http://api.linkedin.com/v1/people/~/shares, but everytime I get this error : LinkedIn::Errors::AccessDeniedError ((403): Access to posting shares denied). What is wrong?

code:

#fetch client object
client = LinkedIn::Client.new('er0xev11ktyj', 'qw7hfgR4wT8Hztpl')

#auth
request_token = client.request_token(:oauth_callback => callback_url)
session[:linkedin_token] = request_token.token
session[:linkedin_secret] = request_token.secret
redirect_to request_token.authorize_url

#inside callback url
atoken,asecret = client.authorize_from_request(session[:linkedin_token], session[:linkedin_secret], params[:oauth_verifier])

#api call for posting message
client.authorize_from_access(atoken, asecret)
client.add_share({:comment => "Hey!"}) #throws error!

Do I need to specify scope parameters? If yes, how do I implement this in my code?

Thanks


Solution

  • Override the default consumer options and append scope to the request_token_path

     consumer_options = {
        :request_token_path => "/uas/oauth/requestToken?scope=r_basicprofile+w_share",
        :access_token_path  => "/uas/oauth/accessToken",
        :authorize_path     => "/uas/oauth/authorize",
        :api_host           => "https://api.linkedin.com",
        :auth_host          => "https://www.linkedin.com"
      }
     LinkedIn::Client.new(ckey, csecret, consumer_options)