Since LinkedIn support has moved to StackOverflow... here we go. It might seem like a stupid question though...
The LinkedIn API will move to v2 in the near future, but I am unsure which data will really remain available (without being a LinkedIn Partner).
I have been reading the API v2 documentation. This talks about r_basicprofile (which I have used with v1), but this will be replaced with r_liteprofile. (I quote: "This API will only recognize a new “Lite Profile” permission, which supports a reduced set of member profile fields.")
So, r_liteprofile only has a couple of data fields (first name, last name, maiden name, profile picture). In the future, how am I to get the LinkedIn profile URL from this? And some other information that is not necessarily privacy sensitive?
If I try to get more data through r_liteprofile it doesn't show them, which would be expected behavior according to the r_liteprofile documentation. But how am I supposed to link to people's LinkedIn profile from my application? Doesn't LinkedIn want people to come back to their platform through other websites?
So, in conclusion: After March 1st, will there still be a way to get the profile URL, and perhaps the headline and industry ID?
The obvious answer is "no you can't". I'm just hoping for a "yes you can".
In short: it's not possible to maintain the r_basicprofile fields without applying for a LinkedIn partnership, starting March 1st, 2019 (when the transition from the LinkedIn API v1 to v2 will be made).