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How to get a LinkedIn Group Post "content" through API, not just the title

When starting a Group Discussion through the LinkedIn website you can enter a postTitle and (optional) postText

However when querying this post through the LinkedIn API only the "title" is returned.

https://api.linkedin.com/v1/posts/{post-id}

Tested from https://apigee.com/console/linkedin to confirm it wasn't just my script with issues.

Is there an extra parameter I can pass to the API to get this "text" field on a Group Discussion post?

Thanks

Solution

  • You need to use the field selectors to specify the particular fields that you want returned from your call.

    For example:

    https://api.linkedin.com/v1/groups/12345:(id,name,site-group-url,posts:(id,summary,creator))

    Please also note that as of May 12th, 2015, the API endpoint for Groups will no longer be publicly available. See the following blog post for more details: https://developer.linkedin.com/blog/posts/2015/developer-program-changes