LinkedIn Integration

The Pathfix LinkedIn plugin enables integration from your Bubble app to your user's LinkedIn account. The plugin will render the Connect button (UI) and calls the relevant APIs without you spending time on the API setup. No configurations required to get the plugin working

This documentation will show setup guide.



Setup Pathfix Account

You will need a Pathfix account to be able to use this plugin. Pathfix will manage the entire OAuth process and the plugin offers the relevant APIs for you to access.

• Login to your Pathfix account and select your application (or create a new application)
• Select LinkedIn from the list of providers to integrate with. (you can change the Display Name and Description your users see by going into the General tab)
• Enter the App ID and App Secret received from your LinkedIn dev app and hit Save



Image: Configure





• Click on Keys from the left nav bar and copy your Pathfix x-partner-key for use in the Bubble plugin



Setup Bubble.io Plugin

The plugin is available in the Bubble Plugin store.

(Important Note: You need to install the Pathfix OAuth Connector first before installing this plugin)

• Click on Add Plugin
• Select the LinkedIn plugin by Pathfix Inc. and install it (click here to access the plugin)
• Add your Pathfix x-partner-key from the Keys section of your Pathfix account

Image: plugin page





• On your Design page, select the Pathfix Connector element and select All Providers configured in my Pathfix Account



Image: Select all providers





• Go to Preview to check the Connect UI Button for the LinkedIn integration



Once installed, there are no additional configurations required to get the Plugin to work. You can setup your workflow in Bubble and start using the actions.

The Connect button will automatically be added to your page that contains the Pathfix Connector element. No additional settings are required

You can add Dropdown, text etc elements to pull in LinkedIn data for your users using the plugin and setup Workflows to LinkedIn actions.



Posting a Text

Note: In order to post to a page managed by the user (Company page), your app will need to have the LinkedIn Advertising API product approved. If you do not have access to this product yet, please request for access and then setup your API call.

Here is a sample setup for posting a text to LinkedIn:

• Add a Text element in your Design
• Add a Button element to Post Text to LinkedIn and create a workflow on button click
• Setup the workflow as per the image below:





Note: Please view the documentation mentioned for User/Org Id and add the prefix for the Id accordingly.



Posting Image with Text

Posting image with text is a 3 workflow step process:

• Add Text element and Image uploading element on your Design page
• Add a Button element to Post Text to LinkedIn and create a workflow on button click
• Setup the workflow steps as per the images below:



Step 1:





Step 2:

Add the Base 64 Image url from the image uploader





Step 3:





Actions & Data Calls Available

The Connector plugin calls a few APIs and offers them as Actions in your Bubble Workflow once installed. These are:



Image: Calls & Actions



Note: Each consumed action (content length of 20KB) is counted as 1 API call in Pathfix





Need help? Reach out to us at support@pathfix.com